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The Transportation Minister of Israel (currently styled as the Minister of Transportation and Road Safety (Sar HaTakhbura veHaBetikhut BeDerekhim)) is the government minister at the head of the Transportation Ministry in Israel. A relatively minor post in the Israeli cabinet, it is often given to smaller parties in the governing coalitions. Nevertheless, there has been a Transportation Minister in every Israeli government to date.

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The Transportation Minister of Israel (currently styled as the Minister of Transportation and Road Safety (Sar HaTakhbura veHaBetikhut BeDerekhim)) is the government minister at the head of the Transportation Ministry in Israel. A relatively minor post in the Israeli cabinet, it is often given to smaller parties in the governing coalitions. Nevertheless, there has been a Transportation Minister in every Israeli government to date. Shaul Mofaz of Kadima, a former Minister of Defense is the incumbent.
Three Prime Ministers (David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon) have held the Transportation portfolio whilst in office, though only for a short time, whilst three Transportation Ministers (Ezer Weizman, Moshe Katsav and Shimon Peres) have gone on to become President.
There is also occasionally a Deputy Minster of Transportation.
List of Transportation Ministers
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| David Remez | Mapai | Provisional, 1st | 14/5/1948 - 1/11/1950 | | Dov Yosef | Mapai | 2nd | 1/11/1950 - 8/10/1951 | | David-Zvi Pinkas 1 | Mizrachi | 3rd | 8/10/1951 - 14/8/1952 | | David Ben-Gurion 2 | Mapai | 3rd | 14/8/1952 - 24/12/1952 | | Yosef Serlin | General Zionists | 4th | 24/12/1952 - 29/12/1953 | | Yosef Sapir | General Zionists | 4th, 5th | 29/12/1953 - 29/6/1955 | | Zalman Aran | Mapai | 6th | 29/6/1955 - 3/11/1955 | | Moshe Carmel 3 | Ahdut HaAvoda | 7th, 8th | 3/11/1955 - 17/12/1959 | | Yitzhak Ben-Aharon | Ahdut HaAvoda | 9th, 10th | 17/12/1959 - 28/5/1962 | | Israel Bar-Yehuda 1 | Ahdut HaAvoda | 10th, 11th, 12th | 28/5/1962 - 4/5/1965 | | Moshe Carmel 4 | Ahdut HaAvoda/Alignment | 12th, 13th, 14th | 30/5/1965 - 15/12/1969 | | Ezer Weizman 5 | Alignment | 15th | 15/12/1969 - 6/8/1970 | | Shimon Peres | Alignment | 15th | 1/9/1970 - 10/3/1974 | | Aharon Yariv | Alignment | 16th | 10/3/1974 - 3/6/1974 | | Gad Yaacobi | Alignment | 17th | 3/6/1974 - 20/6/1977 | | Menahem Begin 2 | Likud | 18th | 20/6/1977 - 24/10/1977 | | Meir Amit | Dash | 18th | 20/6/1977 - 15/9/1978 | | Haim Landau 5 | Likud | 18th | 15/1/1979 - 5/8/1981 | | Haim Corfo | Likud | 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd | 5/8/1981 - 22/12/1988 | | Moshe Katsav | Likud | 23rd, 24th | 22/12/1988 - 13/7/1992 | | Israel Kessar | Labour | 25th, 26th | 13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996 | | Yitzhak Levy | National Religious Party | 27th | 18/6/1996 - 25/2/1998 | | Shaul Yahalom | National Religious Party | 27th | 25/2/1998 - 6/7/1999 | | Yitzhak Mordechai | Centre Party | 28th | 6/7/1999 - 30/5/2000 | | Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | Centre Party | 28th | 11/10/2000 - 7/3/2001 | | Ephraim Sneh | Labour | 29th | 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002 | | Ariel Sharon 2 | Likud | 29th | 2/11/2002 - 15/12/2002 | | Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 29th | 15/12/2002 - 28/2/2003 | | Avigdor Lieberman | National Union | 30th | 28/2/2003 - 6/6/2004 | | Meir Sheetrit | Likud | 30th | 31/8/2004 - 4/5/2006 | | Shaul Mofaz | Kadima | 31st | 4/5/2006 - Present |
1 Died in office
2 Also serving Prime Minister
3 Not an MK until 9/6/1958
4 Not an MK after 17/3/1969
5 Not an MK
Deputy Ministers
1 Died in office
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