Rulers: Israel
Ministries, etc.
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
14 May 1948 - 19 Jun 1956 Moshe Shertok (from Aug 1948,
Moshe Sharett) (b. 1894 - d. 1965)
19 Jun 1956 - 12 Jan 1966 Golda Myerson (from 25 Jul 1956,
Golda Mayer; from 2 Aug 1956,
Golda Meir) (f) (b. 1898 - d. 1978)
12 Jan 1966 - 3 Jun 1974 Abba Eban (b. 1915 - d. 2002)
3 Jun 1974 - 20 Jun 1977 Yigal Allon (b. 1918 - d. 1980)
20 Jun 1977 - 23 Oct 1979 Moshe Dayan (b. 1915 - d. 1981)
23 Oct 1979 - 10 Mar 1980 Menachem Begin (b. 1913 - d. 1992)
10 Mar 1980 - 20 Oct 1986 Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915 - d. 2012)
20 Oct 1986 - 22 Dec 1988 Shimon Peres (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
22 Dec 1988 - 11 Jun 1990 Moshe Arens (b. 1925 - d. 2019)
11 Jun 1990 - 13 Jul 1992 David Levy (1st time) (b. 1937)
13 Jul 1992 - 7 Nov 1995 Shimon Peres (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Nov 1995 - 22 Nov 1995 Yossi Beilin (acting) (b. 1948)
22 Nov 1995 - 18 Jun 1996 Ehud Barak (1st time) (b. 1942)
18 Jun 1996 - 6 Jan 1998 David Levy (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1998 - 13 Oct 1998 Benjamin Netanyahu (1st time) (b. 1949)
13 Oct 1998 - 6 Jul 1999 Ariel Sharon (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
6 Jul 1999 - 4 Aug 2000 David Levy (3rd time) (s.a.)
4 Aug 2000 - 10 Aug 2000 Ehud Barak (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
10 Aug 2000 - 7 Mar 2001 Shlomo Ben-Ami (b. 1943)
(acting to 2 Nov 2000)
7 Mar 2001 - 2 Nov 2002 Shimon Peres (3rd time) (s.a.)
2 Nov 2002 - 6 Nov 2002 Ariel Sharon (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Nov 2002 - 28 Feb 2003 Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Feb 2003 - 16 Jan 2006 Silvan Shalom (b. 1958)
18 Jan 2006 - 31 Mar 2009 Tzipi Livni (f) (b. 1958)
31 Mar 2009 - 18 Dec 2012 Avigdor Lieberman (1st time) (b. 1958)
18 Dec 2012 - 11 Nov 2013 Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd time) (s.a.)
11 Nov 2013 - 6 May 2015 Avigdor Lieberman (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 May 2015 - 17 Feb 2019 Benjamin Netanyahu (4th time) (s.a.)
17 Feb 2019 - 17 May 2020 Yisrael Katz (b. 1955)
(acting to 29 May 2019)
17 May 2020 - 13 Jun 2021 Gabi Ashkenazi (b. 1954)
13 Jun 2021 - 29 Dec 2022 Yair Lapid (b. 1963)
29 Dec 2022 - Eli Cohen (b. 1972)
Defense
Ministers
14 May 1948 - 7 Dec 1953 David Ben-Gurion (1st time) (b. 1886 - d. 1973)
7 Dec 1953 - 21 Feb 1955 Pinhas Lavon (b. 1904 - d. 1976)
(acting to 26 Jan 1954)
21 Feb 1955 - 26 Jun 1963 David Ben-Gurion (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Jun 1963 - 5 Jun 1967 Levi Eshkol (b. 1895 - d. 1969)
5 Jun 1967 - 3 Jun 1974 Moshe Dayan (b. 1915 - d. 1981)
3 Jun 1974 - 20 Jun 1977 Shimon Peres (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
20 Jun 1977 - 26 May 1980 Ezer Weizman (b. 1924 - d. 2005)
28 May 1980 - 5 Aug 1981 Menachem Begin (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1992)
5 Aug 1981 - 14 Feb 1983 Ariel Sharon (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
14 Feb 1983 - 23 Feb 1983 Menachem Begin (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Feb 1983 - 13 Sep 1984 Moshe Arens (1st time) (b. 1925 - d. 2019)
13 Sep 1984 - 15 Mar 1990 Yitzhak Rabin (1st time) (b. 1922 - d. 1995)
15 Mar 1990 - 11 Jun 1990 Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915 - d. 2012)
11 Jun 1990 - 13 Jul 1992 Moshe Arens (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Jul 1992 - 4 Nov 1995 Yitzhak Rabin (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Nov 1995 - 18 Jun 1996 Shimon Peres (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Jun 1996 - 25 Jan 1999 Yitzhak Mordechai (b. 1944)
27 Jan 1999 - 6 Jul 1999 Moshe Arens (3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Jul 1999 - 7 Mar 2001 Ehud Barak (1st time) (b. 1942)
7 Mar 2001 - 2 Nov 2002 Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (b. 1936 - d. 2016)
2 Nov 2002 - 4 Nov 2002 Ariel Sharon (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Nov 2002 - 4 May 2006 Shaul Mofaz (b. 1948)
4 May 2006 - 19 Jun 2007 Amir Peretz (b. 1952)
19 Jun 2007 - 18 Mar 2013 Ehud Barak (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Mar 2013 - 22 May 2016 Moshe Yaalon (b. 1950)
30 May 2016 - 16 Nov 2018 Avigdor Lieberman (b. 1958)
16 Nov 2018 - 12 Nov 2019 Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949)
12 Nov 2019 - 17 May 2020 Naftali Bennett (b. 1972)
17 May 2020 - 29 Dec 2022 Benny Gantz (b. 1959)
29 Dec 2022 - Yoav Galant (b. 1958)
Finance
Ministers
14 May 1948 - 25 Jun 1952 Eliezer Kaplan (b. 1891 - d. 1952)
25 Jun 1952 - 26 Jun 1963 Levi Eshkol (b. 1895 - d. 1969)
26 Jun 1963 - 5 Aug 1968 Pinhas Sapir (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1975)
5 Aug 1968 - 15 Dec 1969 Ze'ev Sharef (b. 1906 - d. 1984)
15 Dec 1969 - 3 Jun 1974 Pinhas Sapir (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Jun 1974 - 20 Jun 1977 Yehoshua Rabinowitz (b. 1911 - d. 1979)
20 Jun 1977 - 7 Nov 1979 Simcha Ehrlich (b. 1915 - d. 1983)
7 Nov 1979 - 13 Jan 1981 Yigal Hurvitz (b. 1918 - d. 1994)
21 Jan 1981 - 15 Oct 1983 Yoram Aridor (b. 1933)
18 Oct 1983 - 13 Sep 1984 Yigal Cohen-Orgad (b. 1937 - d. 2019)
13 Sep 1984 - 16 Apr 1986 Yitzhak Moda'i (1st time) (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
16 Apr 1986 - 22 Dec 1988 Moshe Nissim (b. 1935)
22 Dec 1988 - 15 Mar 1990 Shimon Peres (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
15 Mar 1990 - 11 Jun 1990 Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915 - d. 2012)
11 Jun 1990 - 13 Jul 1992 Yitzhak Moda'i (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Jul 1992 - 18 Jun 1996 Avraham Shohat (1st time) (b. 1936)
18 Jun 1996 - 20 Jun 1997 Dan Meridor (b. 1947)
20 Jun 1997 - 9 Jul 1997 Benjamin Netanyahu (1st time) (b. 1949)
9 Jul 1997 - 18 Dec 1998 Yaakov Neeman (b. 1939 - d. 2017)
18 Dec 1998 - 23 Feb 1999 Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Feb 1999 - 7 Jul 1999 Meir Sheetrit (b. 1948)
7 Jul 1999 - 7 Mar 2001 Avraham Shohat (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Mar 2001 - 28 Feb 2003 Silvan Shalom (b. 1958)
28 Feb 2003 - 9 Aug 2005 Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd time) (s.a.)
9 Aug 2005 - 4 May 2006 Ehud Olmert (acting to 7 Nov 2005) (b. 1945)
4 May 2006 - 4 Jul 2007 Avraham Hirchson (b. 1941 - d. 2022)
22 Apr 2007 - 4 Jul 2007 Ehud Olmert (s.a.)
(acting for Hirchson)
4 Jul 2007 - 31 Mar 2009 Roni Bar-On (b. 1948)
31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Yuval Steinitz (b. 1958)
18 Mar 2013 - 4 Dec 2014 Yair Lapid (b. 1963)
4 Dec 2014 - 14 May 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu (4th time) (s.a.)
14 May 2015 - 17 May 2020 Moshe Kahlon (b. 1960)
17 May 2020 - 13 Jun 2021 Yisrael Katz (b. 1955)
13 Jun 2021 - 29 Dec 2022 Avigdor Lieberman (b. 1958)
29 Dec 2022 - Bezalel Smotrich (b. 1980)
Interior
Ministers
14 May 1948 - 8 Mar 1949 Yitzhak Gruenbaum (b. 1879 - d. 1970)
8 Mar 1949 - 22 Dec 1952 Moshe Shapira (1st time) (b. 1902 - d. 1970)
22 Dec 1952 - 25 May 1953 Israel Rokach (1st time) (b. 1896 - d. 1959)
25 May 1953 - 3 Jun 1953 David Ben-Gurion (b. 1886 - d. 1973)
3 Jun 1953 - 29 Jun 1955 Israel Rokach (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jun 1955 - 3 Nov 1955 Moshe Shapira (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Nov 1955 - 17 Dec 1959 Israel Bar-Yehuda (b. 1895 - d. 1965)
17 Dec 1959 - 16 Jul 1970 Moshe Shapira (3rd time) (s.a.)
1 Sep 1970 - 3 Jun 1974 Josef Burg (1st time) (b. 1909 - d. 1999)
3 Jun 1974 - 29 Oct 1974 Shlomo Hillel (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 2021)
29 Oct 1974 - 22 Dec 1976 Josef Burg (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Jan 1977 - 20 Jun 1977 Shlomo Hillel (2nd time) (s.a.)
20 Jun 1977 - 13 Sep 1984 Josef Burg (3rd time) (s.a.)
13 Sep 1984 - 24 Dec 1984 Shimon Peres (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
24 Dec 1984 - 6 Jan 1987 Yitzhak Peretz (b. 1938)
6 Jan 1987 - 22 Dec 1988 Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915 - d. 2012)
22 Dec 1988 - 11 May 1993 Aryeh Deri (1st time) (b. 1959)
11 May 1993 - 7 Jun 1993 Yitzhak Rabin (1st time) (b. 1922 - d. 1995)
7 Jun 1993 - 14 Sep 1993 Aryeh Deri (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Sep 1993 - 27 Feb 1995 Yitzhak Rabin (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Feb 1995 - 7 Jun 1995 Uzi Baram (b. 1937)
19 Jun 1995 - 18 Jul 1995 David Libai (b. 1934)
18 Jul 1995 - 22 Nov 1995 Ehud Barak (b. 1942)
22 Nov 1995 - 18 Jun 1996 Haim Ramon (1st time) (b. 1950)
18 Jun 1996 - 6 Jul 1999 Eli Suissa (b. 1956)
6 Jul 1999 - 11 Jul 2000 Natan Sharansky (b. 1948)
11 Jul 2000 - 7 Mar 2001 Haim Ramon (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting to 11 Oct 2000)
7 Mar 2001 - 23 May 2002 Eli Yishai (1st time) (b. 1962)
23 May 2002 - 3 Jun 2002 Ariel Sharon (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 2014)
3 Jun 2002 - 28 Feb 2003 Eli Yishai (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Feb 2003 - 3 Dec 2004 Avraham Poraz (b. 1945)
3 Dec 2004 - 10 Jan 2005 Ariel Sharon (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Jan 2005 - 23 Nov 2005 Ophir Pines-Paz (b. 1961)
23 Nov 2005 - 14 Apr 2006 Ariel Sharon (3rd time) (s.a.)
14 Apr 2006 - 4 May 2006 Ehud Olmert (b. 1945)
4 May 2006 - 4 Jul 2007 Roni Bar-On (b. 1948)
4 Jul 2007 - 31 Mar 2009 Meir Sheetrit (b. 1948)
31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Eli Yishai (3rd time) (s.a.)
18 Mar 2013 - 4 Nov 2014 Gideon Sa'ar (b. 1966)
5 Nov 2014 - 14 May 2015 Gilad Erdan (b. 1970)
14 May 2015 - 27 Dec 2015 Silvan Shalom (b. 1958)
28 Dec 2015 - 11 Jan 2016 Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949)
11 Jan 2016 - 13 Jun 2021 Aryeh Deri (3rd time) (s.a.)
13 Jun 2021 - 29 Dec 2022 Ayelet Shaked (f) (b. 1976)
29 Dec 2022 - 24 Jan 2023 Aryeh Deri (4th time) (s.a.)
24 Jan 2023 - Michael Malkieli (acting) (b. 1982)
Justice
Ministers
14 May 1948 - 8 Oct 1951 Felix Rosenblueth (from 1949,
Pinhas Rosen) (1st time) (b. 1887 - d. 1978)
8 Oct 1951 - 25 Jun 1952 Dov Joseph (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1980)
25 Jun 1952 - 24 Dec 1952 Haim Cohn (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
24 Dec 1952 - 13 Feb 1956 Pinhas Rosen (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Feb 1956 - 28 Feb 1956 David Ben-Gurion (b. 1886 - d. 1973)
28 Feb 1956 - 2 Nov 1961 Pinhas Rosen (3rd time) (s.a.)
2 Nov 1961 - 12 Jan 1966 Dov Joseph (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Jan 1966 - 13 Jun 1972 Ya'acov Shimshon Shapira
(1st time) (b. 1902 - d. 1993)
13 Jun 1972 - 12 Sep 1972 Golda Meir (1st time) (b. 1898 - d. 1978)
12 Sep 1972 - 30 Oct 1973 Ya'acov Shimshon Shapira
(2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Oct 1973 - 10 Mar 1974 Golda Meir (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Mar 1974 - 20 Jun 1977 Haim Zadok (b. 1913 - d. 2002)
20 Jun 1977 - 24 Oct 1977 Menachem Begin (b. 1913 - d. 1992)
24 Oct 1977 - 13 Aug 1980 Shmuel Tamir (b. 1923 - d. 1987)
13 Aug 1980 - 16 Apr 1986 Moshe Nissim (b. 1935)
16 Apr 1986 - 21 Jul 1986 Yitzhak Moda'i (b. 1926 - d. 1998)
21 Jul 1986 - 22 Dec 1988 Avraham Sharir (b. 1932 - d. 2017)
22 Dec 1988 - 13 Jul 1992 Dan Meridor (b. 1947)
13 Jul 1992 - 18 Jun 1996 David Libai (b. 1934)
18 Jun 1996 - 10 Aug 1996 Yaakov Neeman (1st time) (b. 1939 - d. 2017)
10 Aug 1996 - 6 Sep 1996 Benjamin Netanyahu (1st time) (b. 1949)
6 Sep 1996 - 6 Jul 1999 Tzachi Hanegbi (b. 1957)
(acting to 11 Nov 1996)
6 Jul 1999 - 7 Mar 2001 Yossi Beilin (b. 1948)
7 Mar 2001 - 28 Feb 2003 Meir Sheetrit (1st time) (b. 1948)
28 Feb 2003 - 3 Dec 2004 Tommy Lapid (b. 1931 - d. 2008)
3 Dec 2004 - 4 May 2006 Tzipi Livni (f) (1st time) (b. 1958)
(acting to 10 Jan 2005)
4 May 2006 - 22 Aug 2006 Haim Ramon (b. 1950)
23 Aug 2006 - 29 Nov 2006 Meir Sheetrit (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
29 Nov 2006 - 7 Feb 2007 Tzipi Livni (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Feb 2007 - 31 Mar 2009 Daniel Friedmann (b. 1936)
31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Yaakov Neeman (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Mar 2013 - 4 Dec 2014 Tzipi Livni (f) (3rd time) (s.a.)
4 Dec 2014 - 14 May 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 May 2015 - 4 Jun 2019 Ayelet Shaked (f) (b. 1976)
4 Jun 2019 - 5 Jun 2019 Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
5 Jun 2019 - 17 May 2020 Amir Ohana (b. 1976)
17 May 2020 - 1 Jan 2021 Avi Nissenkorn (b. 1967)
1 Jan 2021 - 1 Apr 2021 Benny Gantz (1st time) (acting) (b. 1959)
28 Apr 2021 - 13 Jun 2021 Benny Gantz (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Jun 2021 - 29 Dec 2022 Gideon Sa'ar (b. 1966)
29 Dec 2022 - Yariv Levin (b. 1969)
Parliament
Knesset
Speakers
14 Feb 1949 - 28 Jan 1959 Yosef Sprinzak (b. 1885 - d. 1959)
2 Mar 1959 - 30 Nov 1959 Nahum Nir (b. 1884 - d. 1968)
30 Nov 1959 - 17 Nov 1969 Kadish Luz (b. 1895 - d. 1972)
17 Nov 1969 - 5 Apr 1972 Reuven Barkat (b. 1906 - d. 1972)
9 May 1972 - 13 Jun 1977 Yisrael Yeshayahu (b. 1908 - d. 1979)
13 Jun 1977 - 10 Mar 1980 Yitzhak Shamir (b. 1915 - d. 2012)
12 Mar 1980 - 20 Jul 1981 Yitzhak Berman (b. 1913 - d. 2013)
20 Jul 1981 - 13 Aug 1984 Menachem Savidor (b. 1917 - d. 1988)
11 Sep 1984 - 20 Nov 1988 Shlomo Hillel (b. 1923 - d. 2021)
21 Nov 1988 - 13 Jul 1992 Dov Shilansky (b. 1924 - d. 2010)
13 Jul 1992 - 24 Jun 1996 Shevah Weiss (b. 1935 - d. 2023)
24 Jun 1996 - 7 Jun 1999 Dan Tichon (b. 1937)
6 Jul 1999 - 17 Feb 2003 Avraham Burg (b. 1955)
19 Feb 2003 - 4 May 2006 Reuven Rivlin (1st time) (b. 1939)
4 May 2006 - 30 Mar 2009 Dalia Itzik (f) (b. 1952)
30 Mar 2009 - 5 Feb 2013 Reuven Rivlin (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Feb 2013 - 18 Mar 2013 Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (acting) (b. 1936 - d. 2016)
18 Mar 2013 - 26 Mar 2020 Yuli Edelstein (b. 1958)
26 Mar 2020 - 17 May 2020 Benny Gantz (b. 1959)
17 May 2020 - 13 Jun 2021 Yariv Levin (1st time) (b. 1969)
13 Jun 2021 - 13 Dec 2022 Mickey Levy (b. 1951)
13 Dec 2022 - 29 Dec 2022 Yariv Levin (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Dec 2022 - Amir Ohana (b. 1976)