Member of Knesset in the 12th–15th and 17th Knessets, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Economy and Planning, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Religious Affairs, Government Secretary, and Director-General for Political Affairs of the Foreign Ministry. Beilin initiated the Oslo process, introduced the Birthright program for young Jewish people to visit Israel, and headed the public movement calling for Israel to leave Lebanon. He was one of the initiators of a new social contract on religion and state (“Beilin–Lubotzky Covenant”) and the “Geneva Initiative” to present a model for a final permanent agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. Beilin served as the Chair of the Meretz political party. Today he is Board Chair of Hillel Israel, and President of Beilink, an international business entrepreneurship company.