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Justice Minister of Israel

The Justice Minister of Israel (Sar HaMishpatim) is the political head of the Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i Ministry of Justice and a position in the Israeli cabinet

Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
. The current minister is Daniel Friedmann

Daniel Friedmann

Daniel Friedmann is the Minister of Justice of Israel. A professor of law, he was appointed by PM Ehud Olmert. He was sworn in on February 7, 2007, succeeding Tzipi Livni....
, an independent who is not a member of the Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
.

Unlike other ministries, there has never been a Deputy Minister.

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The Justice Minister of Israel (Sar HaMishpatim) is the political head of the Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i Ministry of Justice and a position in the Israeli cabinet

Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
. The current minister is Daniel Friedmann

Daniel Friedmann

Daniel Friedmann is the Minister of Justice of Israel. A professor of law, he was appointed by PM Ehud Olmert. He was sworn in on February 7, 2007, succeeding Tzipi Livni....
, an independent who is not a member of the Knesset

Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
.

Unlike other ministries, there has never been a Deputy Minister.

List of Justice ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen was an Israeli politician and statesman, and the country's first Justice Minister of Israel, serving three times during 1948-51, 1952-56, and 1958-61....	Progressive Party Progressive Party (Israel) The Progressive Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	P, 1, 2	14/5/1948 - 8/10/1951
Dov Yosef Dov Yosef Dov Yosef was an Israeli politician and statesman. Yosef served in a variety of ministerial positions during the first two Knessets and was the country's second Justice Minister of Israel, serving twice ....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	3	8/10/1951 - 25/6/1952
Haim Cohen Haim Cohen Haim Herman Cohen was an Israeli jurist and politician....	Not an MK	3	25/6/1952 - 24/12/1952
Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen was an Israeli politician and statesman, and the country's first Justice Minister of Israel, serving three times during 1948-51, 1952-56, and 1958-61....	Progressive Party Progressive Party (Israel) The Progressive Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	4, 5, 6, 7	24/12/1952 - 13/2/1956
David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	7	13/2/1956 - 7/1/1958
Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen was an Israeli politician and statesman, and the country's first Justice Minister of Israel, serving three times during 1948-51, 1952-56, and 1958-61....	Progressive Party Progressive Party (Israel) The Progressive Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	8, 9	7/1/1958 - 2/11/1961
Dov Yosef Dov Yosef Dov Yosef was an Israeli politician and statesman. Yosef served in a variety of ministerial positions during the first two Knessets and was the country's second Justice Minister of Israel, serving twice ....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	10, 11, 12	2/11/1961 - 12/1/1966
Yaakov Shimshon Shapira Yaakov Shimshon Shapira Yaakov Shimshon Shapira was an Israeli jurist and politician....	Mapai Mapai Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....	13, 14, 15	12/1/1966 - 13/6/1972 12/9/1972 - 1/11/1973
Haim Yosef Zadok Haim Yosef Zadok Haim Yosef Zadok was an Israeli jurist and politician....	Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established as the Labor Alignment in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party....	16, 17	10/3/1974 - 20/6/1977
Menachem Begin Menachem Begin was the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the establishment of the state, he was the leader of the Irgun, playing a central role in Jewish resistance to the British Mandate of Palestine....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	18	20/6/1977 - 24/10/1977
Shmuel Tamir Shmuel Tamir Shmuel M. Tamir was a prominent Israeli independence fighter, lawyer, Knesset member from 1965 to 1980, and Minister of Justice in the government of Menachem Begin from 1977 until 1980...	Dash Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change , commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash was a short-lived and initially highly-successful centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel....	18	20/6/1977 - 5/8/1980
Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim is a former Israeli politician, minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	18, 19, 20, 21	13/8/1980 - 16/4/1986
Yitzhak Moda'i Yitzhak Moda'i Yitzhak Moda'i was an Israeli politician, who served five terms in the Israeli Knesset for Likud and then the New Liberal Party over the course of a 20 year career....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	21	16/4/1986 - 23/7/1986
Avraham Sharir Avraham Sharir Avraham Sharir is a former Israeli politician....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	21, 22	30/7/1986 - 22/12/1988
Dan Meridor Dan Meridor Dan Meridor is an Israeli politician and former Cabinet of Israel. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Centre Party ....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	23, 24	22/12/1988 - 13/7/1992
David Libai David Libai David Libai is an Israeli jurist and former politician....	Labour	25, 26	13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996
Ya'akov Ne'eman	Not an MK	27	18/6/1996 - 10/8/1996
Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the new Prime Minister-Designate of Israel. He is Chairman of the conservative Likud Party and was previously the 9th Prime Minister of Israel from June 1996 to July 1999....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	27	18/6/1996 - 4/9/1996
Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Kadima. A former Justice Minister, in 2006 he was indicted for making political appointments to civil service posts during his time as Environmental Protection Minister of Israel, despite his claims that it was normal practice....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	27	4/9/1996 - 6/7/1999
Yossi Beilin Yossi Beilin Dr. Yosef "Yossi" Beilin is a left-wing Israeli politician and a former Knesset member, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel and Justice Minister of Israel, representing both the Israeli Labor Party and Meretz-Yachad, of which he served as chairman between 2003 and 2006....	One Israel One Israel One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party , Meimad and Gesher created to run for the Israeli legislative election, 1999....	28	6/7/1999 - 7/3/2001
Meir Sheetrit Meir Sheetrit Meir Sheetrit is an Israeli politician who currently serves a member of the Knesset for Kadima, and as the country's Interior Minister of Israel....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties....	29	7/3/2001 - 28/2/2003
Tomy Lapid	Shinui Shinui Shinui was a Zionism, secular and Anti-clericalism free market Liberalism worldwide in Israel. The party twice become the third largest in the Knesset, but on both occasions it was followed by a split and collapse; in Israeli legislative election, 1977 the party won 15 seats as part of the Democratic Movement for Change, but the alliance spl...	30	28/2/2003 - 4/12/2004
Tzipi Livni Tzipi Livni Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni is an Israeli politician and the current leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. She currently serves as the country's Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel....	Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right List of political parties in Israel in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin, largely as the "direct ideological descendant" of the Herut, in an alliance with several other right-wing and liberal parties.... , Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....	30	5/12/2004 - 4/5/2006
Haim Ramon Haim Ramon Haim Ramon is an Israeli politician and who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima and as both Deputy leaders of Israel#Vice Prime Minister and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for state policy....	Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....	31	4/5/2006 - 22/8/2006
Meir Sheetrit Meir Sheetrit Meir Sheetrit is an Israeli politician who currently serves a member of the Knesset for Kadima, and as the country's Interior Minister of Israel....	Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....	31	23/8/2006 - 29/11/2006
Tzipi Livni Tzipi Livni Tzipora Malka "Tzipi" Livni is an Israeli politician and the current leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. She currently serves as the country's Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel....	Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist List of political parties in Israel in Israel founded by like-minded Likud and Israeli Labor Party politicians. It became the largest party in the Knesset after the Israeli legislative election, 2006, winning 29 of the 120 seats....	31	29/11/2006 - 7/2/2007
Daniel Friedmann Daniel Friedmann Daniel Friedmann is the Minister of Justice of Israel. A professor of law, he was appointed by PM Ehud Olmert. He was sworn in on February 7, 2007, succeeding Tzipi Livni....	Not an MK	31	7/2/2007 - present

External links

Knesset website