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Ministry of Communications (Israel)
Government ministry of Israel
Government ministry of Israel
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ministry of Communications |
| formed | 1952 |
| jurisdiction | Government of Israel |
| minister1_name | Shlomo Karhi |
| website | |
| nativename | משרד התקשורת |
| logo | Ministry of Communications (Israel) - Logo.png |
| logo_caption | Ministry emblem |
| logo_size | 240px |
The Ministry of Communications (, Misrad HaTikshoret) is the Israeli government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing communications infrastructure and services. Its primary role is to manage telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal services. The ministry was established in 1952 and was known as the Ministry of Postal Services (, Misrad HaDo'ar) until 1970.
List of ministers
The Communications Minister of Israel (, Sar HaTikshoret) is the political head of the ministry. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.
| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end | Notes | Minister of Postal Services | Minister of Communications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mordechai Nurock | Mizrachi | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Yosef Burg | Hapoel HaMizrachi | ||||||
| National Religious Party | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | |||||||
| 3 | Yisrael Barzilai | Mapam | 8 | |||||
| 4 | Binyamin Mintz | Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 9 | Died in office | ||||
| 5 | Eliyahu Sasson | Alignment | 10, 11, 12, 13 | Not an MK until after the 1965 elections | ||||
| 6 | Yisrael Yeshayahu | Alignment | 13, 14 | |||||
| 7 | Elimelekh Rimalt | Gahal | 15 | |||||
| 8 | Shimon Peres | Alignment | 15 | |||||
| 9 | Aharon Uzan | Not an MK | 16 | |||||
| 10 | Yitzhak Rabin | Alignment | 17 | |||||
| – | Aharon Uzan | Not an MK | 17 | |||||
| 11 | Menachem Begin | Likud | 18 | |||||
| 12 | Meir Amit | Dash | 18 | |||||
| 13 | Yitzhak Moda'i | Likud | 18 | |||||
| 14 | Yoram Aridor | Likud | 18 | |||||
| 15 | Mordechai Tzipori | Likud | 19, 20 | |||||
| 16 | Amnon Rubinstein | Shinui | 21, 22 | |||||
| 17 | Gad Yaacobi | Alignment | 22, 23 | |||||
| 18 | Rafael Pinhasi | Shas | 24 | |||||
| 19 | Moshe Shahal | Labor Party | 25 | |||||
| 20 | Shulamit Aloni | Meretz | 25, 26 | |||||
| 21 | Limor Livnat | Likud | 27 | |||||
| 22 | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | One Israel | 28 | |||||
| 23 | Reuven Rivlin | Likud | 29 | |||||
| 24 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 30 | |||||
| 25 | Ehud Olmert | Likud | 30 | |||||
| 26 | Dalia Itzik | Labor Party | 30 | |||||
| 27 | Avraham Hirschson | Kadima | 30 | |||||
| 28 | Ariel Atias | Shas | 31 | |||||
| 29 | Moshe Kahlon | Likud | 32 | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | |||
| 30 | Gilad Erdan | Likud | 33 | 18 March 2013 | 5 November 2014 | |||
| 31 | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 33, 34 | 5 November 2014 | 21 February 2017 | Also serving prime minister | ||
| 32 | Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 34 | 21 February 2017 | 29 May 2017 | Acting Minister | ||
| 33 | Ayoob Kara | Likud | 34 | |||||
| 34 | Dudi Amsalem | Likud | 34 | |||||
| 35 | Yoaz Hendel | Derekh Eretz | 35 | |||||
| 36 | Eitan Ginzburg | Blue and White | 35 | |||||
| 37 | Yoaz Hendel | New Hope | 36 | |||||
| 38 | Shlomo Karhi | Likud | 37 |
Deputy ministers
| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jabr Muadi | Progress and Development, Alignment | 15, 16, 17 | ||
| 2 | Eliyahu Moyal | Alignment | 17 | ||
| 3 | Efraim Gur | Alignment | 24 | ||
| 4 | Yitzhak Vaknin | Shas | 28 |
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