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. 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		Serving Prime Minister

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