Yakov Dori Served only as deputy mayor of Haifa and was in the Rafi party.
Yigael Yadin: Served as deputy prime minister under Menachem Begin for only one term, from 1977 to 1981 as head of the Dash party until the party broke up.
Moshe Dayan
Was defense minister, foreign minister and a Mapai and Labor MK in 20 years in politics.Tzvi Tzur: Was an MK in the Rafi Party for only 16 days before returning to business. But he then was assistant to the defense minister for seven years.
Yitzhak RabinArguably the most successful IDF chief of staff in politics, being prime minister twice, defense and foreign minister in more than 20 years in politics. But his first term as prime minister ended in scandal and before he was assassinated, Israel was facing a wave of deadly terror attacks.
Haim Bar-Lev: Held Industry and Trade, police and development portfolios as a Labor MK in 18 yrs in politics ending in 1992.
Mordechai GurServed as health minister and deputy defense minister as a Labor MK in 14 years in politicsRafael EitanServed as deputy prime minister and agriculture and environment minister, headed the Tzomet party, which ran together with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud in the 1996 election. Was in politics for 15 years.Ehud BarakWas prime minister, defense minister and foreign minister and twice headed the Labor party in 18 years on and off in politics. But after breaking up Labor and forming the short-lived Independence Party to remain Netanyahu’s defense minister, he became among Israel’s most controversial public figures.Amnon Lipkin-ShahakStarted off as a candidate for prime minister in the 1999 election, but he ended up only as Tourism and Transportation Minister for the Center Party in just two years in politics from 1999 to 2001.Shaul MofazServed as defense minister and headed Kadima in 13 years in politics. But when he headed the party in the 2013 election, it won only two seats.Moshe YaalonServed as defense minister and a Likud MK and has been in politics for a decade. But burning bridges with Netanyahu and Likud took him from being a likely candidate for prime minister to the leader of a party that would not cross the electoral threshold if it runs on its own.Dan HalutzJoined Kadima, but quit after 19 months and ended up not seeking elected office after a series of poor political moves and the negative Winograd report about his handling of the Second Lebanon War.