Ministry_of_Communications_(Israel)
The Ministry of Communications (Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד הַתִּקְשֹׁרֶת, Misrad HaTikshoret) is the Israeli government ministry responsible for Communications in Israel. It is a relatively minor position in the cabinet.[citation needed] The ministry was established in 1952, and until 1970 was known as the Ministry of Postal Services (Hebrew: משרד הדואר, Misrad HaDo'ar).
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| משרד התקשורת | |
Emblem of Israel | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1952 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Israel |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | www |
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The Communications Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר התקשורת, Sar HaTikshoret) is the political head of the ministry. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.
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| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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| 1 | Mordechai Nurock | Mizrachi | 3 | 3 November 1952 (1952-11-03) | 24 December 1952 (1952-12-24) | |
| 2 | Yosef Burg | Hapoel HaMizrachi National Religious Party | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 24 December 1952 (1952-12-24) | 1 July 1958 (1958-07-01) | |
| 3 | Yisrael Barzilai | Mapam | 8 | 24 November 1958 (1958-11-24) | 17 December 1959 (1959-12-17) | |
| 4 | Binyamin Mintz | Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 9 | 17 July 1960 (1960-07-17) | 30 May 1961 (1961-05-30) | Died in office |
| 5 | Eliyahu Sasson | Alignment | 10, 11, 12, 13 | 2 November 1961 (1961-11-02) | 2 January 1967 (1967-01-02) | Not an MK until after the 1965 elections |
| 6 | Yisrael Yeshayahu | Alignment | 13, 14 | 2 January 1967 (1967-01-02) | 15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) | |
| 7 | Elimelekh Rimalt | Gahal | 15 | 15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) | 6 August 1970 (1970-08-06) | |
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| 8 | Shimon Peres | Alignment | 15 | 1 September 1970 (1970-09-01) | 10 March 1974 (1974-03-10) | |
| 9 | Aharon Uzan | Not an MK | 16 | 10 March 1974 (1974-03-10) | 3 June 1974 (1974-06-03) | |
| 10 | Yitzhak Rabin | Alignment | 17 | 3 June 1974 (1974-06-03) | 20 March 1975 (1975-03-20) | |
| – | Aharon Uzan | Not an MK | 17 | 20 March 1975 (1975-03-20) | 20 June 1977 (1977-06-20) | |
| 11 | Menachem Begin | Likud | 18 | 20 June 1977 (1977-06-20) | 24 October 1977 (1977-10-24) | |
| 12 | Meir Amit | Dash | 18 | 20 June 1977 (1977-06-20) | 15 September 1978 (1978-09-15) | |
| 13 | Yitzhak Moda'i | Likud | 18 | 15 January 1979 (1979-01-15) | 22 December 1980 (1980-12-22) | |
| 14 | Yoram Aridor | Likud | 18 | 5 January 1981 (1981-01-05) | 5 August 1981 (1981-08-05) | |
| 15 | Mordechai Tzipori | Likud | 19, 20 | 5 August 1981 (1981-08-05) | 13 September 1984 (1984-09-13) | |
| 16 | Amnon Rubinstein | Shinui | 21, 22 | 13 September 1984 (1984-09-13) | 26 May 1987 (1987-05-26) | |
| 17 | Gad Yaacobi | Alignment | 22, 23 | 9 June 1987 (1987-06-09) | 15 March 1990 (1990-03-15) | |
| 18 | Rafael Pinhasi | Shas | 24 | 11 June 1990 (1990-06-11) | 13 July 1992 (1992-07-13) | |
| 19 | Moshe Shahal | Labor Party | 25 | 13 July 1992 (1992-07-13) | 7 June 1993 (1993-06-07) | |
| 20 | Shulamit Aloni | Meretz | 25, 26 | 7 June 1993 (1993-06-07) | 18 June 1996 (1996-06-18) | |
| 21 | Limor Livnat | Likud | 27 | 18 June 1996 (1996-06-18) | 6 July 1999 (1999-07-06) | |
| 22 | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | One Israel | 28 | 6 July 1999 (1999-07-06) | 7 March 2001 (2001-03-07) | |
| 23 | Reuven Rivlin | Likud | 29 | 7 March 2001 (2001-03-07) | 28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) | |
| 24 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 30 | 28 February 2003 (2003-02-28) | 17 August 2003 (2003-08-17) | |
| 25 | Ehud Olmert | Likud | 30 | 29 September 2003 (2003-09-29) | 10 January 2005 (2005-01-10) | |
| 26 | Dalia Itzik | Labor Party | 30 | 10 January 2005 (2005-01-10) | 23 November 2005 (2005-11-23) | |
| 27 | Avraham Hirschson | Kadima | 30 | 18 January 2006 (2006-01-18) | 4 May 2006 (2006-05-04) | |
| 28 | Ariel Atias | Shas | 31 | 4 May 2006 (2006-05-04) | 31 April 2009 (2009-04-31) | |
| 29 | Moshe Kahlon | Likud | 32 | 31 April 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 | 29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) | 24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) | |
| 34 | Dudi Amsalem | Likud | 34 | 1 July 2019 (2019-07-01) | 17 May 2020 (2020-05-17) | |
| 35 | Yoaz Hendel | Derekh Eretz | 35 | 17 May 2020 (2020-05-17) | 16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) | |
| 36 | Eitan Ginzburg | Blue and White | 35 | 3 May 2021 (2021-05-03) | 13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) | |
| 37 | Yoaz Hendel | New Hope | 36 | 13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | |
| 38 | Shlomo Karhi | Likud | 37 | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | ||
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Deputy ministers
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| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
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| 1 | Jabr Muadi | Progress and Development, Alignment | 15, 16, 17 | 27 October 1971 (1971-10-27) | 24 March 1975 (1975-03-24) |
| 2 | Eliyahu Moyal | Alignment | 17 | 24 March 1975 (1975-03-24) | 20 June 1977 (1977-06-20) |
| 3 | Efraim Gur | Alignment | 24 | 2 July 1990 (1990-07-02) | 20 November 1990 (1990-11-20) |
| 4 | Yitzhak Vaknin | Shas | 28 | 5 August 1999 (1999-08-05) | 11 July 2000 (2000-07-11) |
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- All Ministers in the Ministry of Communications Knesset website
- Israel Ministry of Communications site in English
- Radio Type Approval Services for Israel