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Ministry of Interior (Israel)

Government ministry of Israel

Summary

Government ministry of Israel

FieldValue
nativenameמשרד הפנים
formed1948
nameMinistry of Interior
sealMinistry of Interior of Israel logo.svg
seal_captionMinistry emblem
seal_width150px
minister1_nameYariv Levin
chief1_nameRonen Peretz
chief1_positionDirector-General
image20180306-101752-government-ministries-israel-march-2018.jpg
jurisdictionGovernment of Israel
headquarters2 Kaplan st., Kiryat HaMemshala, Jerusalem
coordinates
website
child1_agencyPopulation and Immigration Authority

The Ministry of Interior (, Misrad HaPnim; ) in the State of Israel is one of the government offices that is responsible for local government, citizenship and residency, identity cards, and student and entry visas.

Responsibilities

  • Providing citizenship and permanent resident status.
  • Issuing of entry visas and staying visas in the country.
  • Inhabitants administration: personal registration
    • Issuing of Israeli identity cards.
    • Issuing of Israeli passports.
    • Personal registrations such as birth, marriage etc.
  • Local government, city councils and local councils supervision
    • Appointing and dismissing District Commissioners
  • Elections
  • Associations
  • Planning and building supervising

Departments

  • Local Government Administration
  • Emergency Service Administration
  • Population and Immigration Authority
  • National Planning Headquarters Source:

List of ministers

#NamePartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endNotes
1Yitzhak GruenbaumIndependentP14 May 194810 March 1949
2Haim-Moshe ShapiraUnited Religious Front,
Hapoel HaMizrachi1, 2, 310 March 194924 December 1952
3Israel RokahGeneral Zionists4, 524 December 195229 June 1955
–Haim-Moshe ShapiraHapoel HaMizrachi629 June 19553 November 1955
4Israel Bar-YehudaAhdut HaAvoda7, 83 November 195517 December 1959
–Haim-Moshe ShapiraNational Religious Party9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 1517 December 195916 July 1970
5Golda MeirAlignment1516 July 19701 September 1970Serving Prime Minister
6Yosef BurgNational Religious Party15, 161 September 19703 June 1974
7Shlomo HillelAlignment173 June 197429 October 1974
–Yosef BurgNational Religious Party1729 October 197422 December 1976
–Shlomo HillelAlignment1716 January 197720 June 1977
–Yosef BurgNational Religious Party18, 19, 2020 June 197713 September 1984
8Shimon PeresAlignment2113 September 198424 December 1984Serving Prime Minister
9Yitzhak PeretzShas21, 2224 December 19846 January 1987
10Yitzhak ShamirLikud226 January 198722 December 1988Serving Prime Minister
11Aryeh DeriShas23, 24, 2522 December 198811 May 1993
12Yitzhak RabinLabor Party2511 May 19937 June 1993Serving Prime Minister
–Aryeh DeriShas257 June 199314 September 1993
–Yitzhak RabinLabor Party2514 September 199327 February 1995Serving Prime Minister
13Uzi BaramLabor Party2527 February 19957 June 1995
14David LibaiLabor Party2519 June 199518 July 1995
15Ehud BarakLabor Party2518 July 199522 November 1995
16Haim RamonLabor Party2622 November 199518 June 1996
17Eli SuissaNot an MK2718 June 19966 July 1999
18Natan SharanskyYisrael BaAliyah286 July 199911 July 2000
–Haim RamonOne Israel2811 July 20007 March 2001
19Eli YishaiShas297 March 200123 May 2002
20Ariel SharonLikud2923 May 20023 June 2002Serving Prime Minister
–Eli YishaiShas293 June 200228 February 2003
21Avraham PorazShinui3028 February 20034 December 2004
22Ophir Pines-PazLabor Party3010 January 200523 November 2005
–Ariel SharonKadima3023 November 20054 May 2006Serving Prime Minister
23Roni Bar-OnKadima314 May 20064 July 2007
24Meir SheetritKadima314 July 200731 March 2009
–Eli YishaiShas3231 March 200918 March 2013
25Gideon Sa'arLikud3318 March 20135 November 2014
26Gilad ErdanLikud335 November 201414 May 2015
27Silvan ShalomLikud3414 May 201527 December 2015
28Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3427 December 201511 January 2016Serving Prime Minister
–Aryeh DeriShas34, 3511 January 201613 June 2021
29Ayelet ShakedYamina3613 June 202129 December 2022
30Aryeh DeriShas3729 December 202224 January 2023
–Michael MalchieliShas3724 January 202319 April 2023Served as Acting Minister following Aryeh Deri's dismissal
31Moshe ArbelShas3719 April 202322 July 2025Resigned in July 2025
–Benjamin NetanyahuLikud37July 2025July 2025title=Netanyahu temporarily filling all cabinet spots vacated by Haredim in row over draftdate=28 July 2025publisher=The Times of Israelurl=https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-temporarily-filling-all-cabinet-spots-vacated-by-haredim-in-row-over-draft/access-date=25 August 2025last=Sokolfirst=Sam}}
33Yariv LevinLikud3729 July 2025title=Ministries previously held by Shas transferred to pair of Likud ministersdate=29 July 2025publisher=The Times of Israelurl=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministries-previously-held-by-shas-transferred-to-pair-of-likud-ministers/access-date=25 August 2025last1=Karmelfirst1=Arielalast2=Sokolfirst2=Sam}}

Deputy ministers

#NamePartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm end
1Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirNational Religious Party9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1428 December 195915 December 1969
2Yosef GoldschmidtNational Religious Party1522 December 196916 July 1970
–Yosef GoldschmidtNational Religious Party1519 July 19701 September 1970
3Rafael PinhasiShas2315 January 199011 June 1990
4Salah TarifLabor Party2527 November 199518 June 1996
5David AzulaiShas292 May 200123 May 2002
–David AzulaiShas293 June 200228 February 2003
6Victor BrailovskyShinui305 March 200329 November 2004
7Ruhama AvrahamKadima3030 March 20054 May 2006
8Yaron MazuzLikud3414 June 201511 January 2016
9Meshulam NahariShas3413 January 201626 January 2020
10Yoav Ben-TzurShas3525 May 202013 June 2021

References

References

  1. "משרד הפנים - מבנה ארגוני קיים". [[Israel Ministry of the Interior]].
  2. (24 January 2023). "דרעי ממשיך לחפש פרצה: מונו ממלאי מקום במשרדיו - וואלה! חדשות".
  3. Freid, Shilo. (20 July 2025). "Moshe Arbel submits his resignation from government for second time". Ynet.
  4. Sokol, Sam. (28 July 2025). "Netanyahu temporarily filling all cabinet spots vacated by Haredim in row over draft". [[The Times of Israel]].
  5. (29 July 2025). "Ministries previously held by Shas transferred to pair of Likud ministers". [[The Times of Israel]].
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