Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel

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Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel

The Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel (Sar HaRevaha VeHaShirutim HaHevratayim) 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 Welfare and Social Services

Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Israel)

The Israeli Welfare and Social Services Ministry is the branch of government charged to ensure the welfare of the public in Israel and oversee the of supply of services....
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 post was established in 1948 as the Minister of Welfare. In 1977 it and the Minister of Labour

Labour Minister of Israel

The Labour Minister of Israel was the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Labour and a position in the Cabinet of Israel. The post was established in 1948 as the Minister of Labour and Construction ....
post were merged, becoming the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare. In 2003 the labour part of the post was appended to the Industry and Trade Minister

Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel

The Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour and a position in the Cabinet of Israel....
portfolio, and its present name was adopted.

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The Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel (Sar HaRevaha VeHaShirutim HaHevratayim) is the political head of the Israel

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Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Israel)

Cabinet of Israel

Labour Minister of Israel

Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel

List of Welfare ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Yitzhak-Meir Levin Yitzhak-Meir Levin Rabbi Yitzhak-Meir Levin was an Haredi Judaism Jewish Poland and Israeli politician, an Israeli government minister and a former leader of Agudat Israel....	Agudat Israel Agudat Israel Agudat Israel began as the original political party representing Haredi Judaism in Israel. It was the umbrella party for almost all Haredi Jews in Israel, and before that in the British Mandate of Palestine.... United Religious Front United Religious Front The United Religious Front was a List of political parties in Israel of the four major religious parties in Israel formed to fight the Israeli legislative election, 1949....	P, 1, 2, 3	14/5/48 - 18/9/52
Haim-Moshe Shapira Haim-Moshe Shapira Haim-Moshe Shapira was a key Israeli politician in the early days of the state's existence. A signatory of Israel's Declaration of Independence , he served continuously as a minister from the country's foundation in 1948 until his death in 1970 apart from a brief spell in the late 1950s....	Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi Hapoel HaMizrachi was a List of political parties in Israel and Settlement movement in Israel and is one of the predecessors of the modern-day National Religious Party.... National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	4, 5, 6, 7, 8	24/12/52 - 1/7/58
Peretz Naftali Peretz Naftali Peretz Naftali was a Zionism activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s....	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....	8	25/1/59 - 17/12/59
Yosef Burg Yosef Burg Dr Yosef Shlomo Burg was a long-serving Israeli politician and Rabbi....	National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15	17/12/59 - 1/9/70
Michael Hasani Michael Hasani Rabbi Ya'akov-Michael Hasani was an Israeli politician who served as Welfare Minister of Israel during two spells in the early 1970s....	National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	15, 16	1/9/70 - 4/4/74
Victor Shem-Tov Victor Shem-Tov Victor Shem-Tov is a former Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1960s and 1970s....	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....	17	3/6/74 - 29/10/74
Michael Hasani Michael Hasani Rabbi Ya'akov-Michael Hasani was an Israeli politician who served as Welfare Minister of Israel during two spells in the early 1970s....	National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	17	30/10/74 - 2/7/75 ¹
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....	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....	17	07/07/1975 - 29/7/75
Yosef Burg Yosef Burg Dr Yosef Shlomo Burg was a long-serving Israeli politician and Rabbi....	National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	17	29/7/75 - 4/11/75
Zevulun Hammer Zevulun Hammer Zevulun Hammer was an Israeli politician, minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister....	National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	17	4/11/75 - 22/12/76
Moshe Baram Moshe Baram Moshe Baram was an Israeli 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....	17	16/1/77 - 20/6/77
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	20/6/77 - 24/10/77
Yisrael Katz Yisrael Katz (politician born 1927) Yisrael Katz is a former Israeli government minister. Although he was never elected to the Knesset, he served as Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel in Menachem Begin's Eighteenth government of Israel between 1977 and 1981....	Not an MK	18	24/10/77 - 5/8/81
Aharon Abuhatzira Aharon Abuhatzira Aharon Abuhatzira is a former Israeli politician. A former mayor of Ramla, he held several ministerial portfolios in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but resigned from the cabinet after being convicted of larceny, breach of trust and fraud....	Tami Tami Tami was a Sephardi Jews-dominated List of political parties in Israel in Israel during the 1980s. It was led by Aharon Abuhatzira for its entire existence....	18	5/8/81 - 2/5/82
Aharon Uzan Aharon Uzan Aharon Uzan was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s....	Tami Tami Tami was a Sephardi Jews-dominated List of political parties in Israel in Israel during the 1980s. It was led by Aharon Abuhatzira for its entire existence....	19, 20	3/5/82 - 13/9/84
Moshe Katsav Moshe Katsav Moshe Katsav , born 5 December 1945) is a former President of Israel and member of the Knesset. The end of his term of President was marked by controversy, and from 25 January 2007 until his resignation on 1 July 2007, he was on a leave of absence amid impending charges of crimes stemming from his alleged rape of one female subordinate which...	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	13/9/84 - 22/12/88
Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir was Prime Minister of Israel of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992....	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	22/12/88 - 7/3/90
Roni Milo Roni Milo Roni Milo is an Israeli politician, lawyer and journalist, and a former :Category:Members of the Knesset who held several ministerial positions....	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	7/3/90 - 11/6/90
Yitzhak Shamir Yitzhak Shamir was Prime Minister of Israel of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992....	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....	24	11/6/90 - 13/7/92
Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....	Labour	25	13/7/92 - 31/12/92
Ora Namir Ora Namir Ora Namir is a former Israeli politician and diplomat who served as Environmental Protection Minister of Israel and Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel during the 1990s, before becoming the country's ambassador to China and Mongolia....	Labour	25, 26	31/12/92 - 21/5/96
Eli Yishai Eli Yishai Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He is married and has seven children....	Shas Shas Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....	27, 28	18/6/96 - 11/7/00
Ra'anan Cohen Ra'anan Cohen Dr Ra'anan Cohen is a former Israeli politician who served as a government minister during the early 2000s....	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	10/8/00 - 7/3/01
Shlomo Benizri Shlomo Benizri Shlomo Benizri is an Israeli politician and member of the Shas party. He represented Shas in the Knesset between 1992 and 2008, serving as Deputy Health Minister, Health Minister of Israel, and Welfare and Social Services Minster of Israel during the late 1990s and early 2000s....	Shas Shas Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....	29	7/3/01 - 23/5/02
Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is a former Israeli Prime Minister of Israel and military leader. Sharon served as Prime Minister from March 2001 until April 2006, though he was unable to carry out his duties after suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006, when he fell into a coma and entered a persistent vegetative state....	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	23/5/02 - 3/6/02
Shlomo Benizri Shlomo Benizri Shlomo Benizri is an Israeli politician and member of the Shas party. He represented Shas in the Knesset between 1992 and 2008, serving as Deputy Health Minister, Health Minister of Israel, and Welfare and Social Services Minster of Israel during the late 1990s and early 2000s....	Shas Shas Shas is a List of political parties in Israel in Israel, primarily representing Haredi Judaism Sephardi Jews and Mizrahi Jews Judaism. Following the Israeli legislative election, 2006 in which Shas won 12 seats, it joined Ehud Olmert's coalition government and holds four cabinet posts....	29	3/6/02 - 28/2/03
Zevulun Orlev Zevulun Orlev Zevulun Orlev is an Israeli politician and a former leader of the National Religious Party. Orlev is a decorated war hero who received the Medal of Distinguished Service in the Yom Kippur War....	National Religious Party National Religious Party The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....	30	3/3/03 - 11/11/04
Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert is the incumbent Prime Minister of Israel. Olmert was the Mayor of Jerusalem of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003. In 2003 he was elected to the Knesset and became a minister and Deputy leaders of Israel#Acting Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon....	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	4/5/06 - 21/3/07
Isaac Herzog	Labour	31	21/3/07 - present

¹ Died in office

Deputy Ministers

External links

Knesset website