Eli Cohen is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset since 2015, he is currently the head of the Ministry of Energy. Cohen previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2024. Cohen previously served as Minister of Intelligence (2020–2021) and Minister of the Economy and Industry (2017–2020).
Cohen was born in Holon to a family of immigrants from Morocco. He did his military service as a major in the Israeli Air Force, after which he studied at Tel Aviv University, gaining a BA in Accounting and an MBA majoring in financing and accounting. He also obtained a bachelor's degree in management and economics from the Open University of Israel.
In 2000 he began to work at BDO Global as Head of the Economic Division. In 2003 he joined the credit rating company Maalot S&P and headed the Corporations Division. In 2007 he was appointed Senior Vice President of the Israel Land Development Company.
