Ministry of Communications (Israel)

Ministry of Communications
Agency overview
משרד התקשורת
Formed	1952
Jurisdiction	Government of Israel
Minister responsible	Benjamin Netanyahu
Website	www.moc.gov.il

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. The ministry was established in 1952, and until 1970 was known as the Ministry of Postal Services (Hebrew: משרד הדואר‎‎, Misrad HaDo'ar).

List of ministers

The Communications Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר התקשורת‎‎, Sar HaTikshoret) is the political head of the ministry. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.

#	Minister	Party	Governments	Term start	Term end	Notes
Minister of Postal Services
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)
Minister of Communications
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		The Minister of Communications in the 33rd government was also the serving prime minister. In 2015, Ofir Akunis served as a minister without portfolio responsible for the Israel Broadcasting Authority, part of the communications ministry.

Deputy ministers

#	Minister	Party	Governments	Term start	Term end
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)

External links

All Ministers in the Ministry of Communications Knesset website
Israel Ministry of Communications site in English

Communications Ministers of Israel

Nurock (1952) Burg (1952–58) Barzilai (1958–59) Mintz (1960–61) Sasson (1961–67) Yeshayahu (1967–69) Rimalt (1969–70) Peres (1970–74) Uzan (1974) Rabin (1974–75) Uzan (1975–77) Begin (1977) Amit (1977–78) Moda'i (1979–80) Aridor (1981) Tzipori (1981–84) Rubinstein (1984–87) Yaacobi (1987–90) Pinhasi (1990–92) Shahal (1992–93) Aloni (1993–96) Livnat (1996–99) Ben-Eliezer (1999–2001) Rivlin (2001–03) Sharon (2003) Olmert (2003–05) Itzik (2005) Hirschson (2006) Atias (2006–2009) Kahlon (2009–13) Erdan (2013–14)

Israeli Cabinet portfolios

Prime Minister's Office Vice Prime Minister Agriculture & Rural Development Communications Construction Culture & Sport Defense Development of the Negev & Galilee Diaspora Affairs Economy Education Environmental Protection Finance Foreign Affairs Health Immigrant Absorption Information Intelligence & Atomic Energy Internal Affairs Jerusalem Affairs & Heritage Justice National Infrastructure, Energy & Water Resources Public Security Regional Cooperation Religious Services Science, Technology & Space Social Affairs & Social Services Social Equality Strategic Affairs Tourism Transport & Road Safety Inactive portfolios Deputy Prime Minister Acting Prime Minister Development Economic Strategy Home Front Defense Labor Minorities Rationing & Supply Minister in the Prime Minister's Office

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.