Ministry of Communications (Israel) explained

Ministry of Communications
Formed:	1952
Jurisdiction:	Government of Israel
Minister1 Name:	Shlomo Karhi
Nativename:	משרד התקשורת

The Ministry of Communications (he|מִשְׂרָד הַתִּקְשֹׁרֶת, Misrad HaTikshoret) is the Israeli government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing communications infrastructure and services. Its primary role is to manage telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal services. The ministry was established in 1952 and was known as the Ministry of Postal Services (he|משרד הדואר, Misrad HaDo'ar) until 1970.

List of ministers

The Communications Minister of Israel (he|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
2	Yosef Burg	Hapoel HaMizrachi	4, 5, 6, 7, 8
3	Yisrael Barzilai	Mapam	8
4	Binyamin Mintz	Poalei Agudat Yisrael	9			Died in office
5	Eliyahu Sasson	Alignment				Not an MK until after the 1965 elections
6	Yisrael Yeshayahu	Alignment	13, 14
7	Elimelekh Rimalt	Gahal	15
Minister of Communications
8	Shimon Peres	Alignment	15
9	Aharon Uzan	Not an MK	16
10	Yitzhak Rabin	Alignment	17
–	Aharon Uzan	Not an MK	17
11	Menachem Begin	Likud	18
12	Meir Amit	Dash	18
13	Yitzhak Moda'i	Likud	18
14	Yoram Aridor	Likud	18
15	Mordechai Tzipori	Likud	19, 20
16	Amnon Rubinstein	Shinui	21, 22
17	Gad Yaacobi	Alignment	22, 23
18	Rafael Pinhasi	Shas	24
19	Moshe Shahal	Labor Party	25
20	Shulamit Aloni	Meretz	25, 26
21	Limor Livnat	Likud	27
22		One Israel	28
23	Reuven Rivlin	Likud	29
24	Ariel Sharon	Likud	30
25	Ehud Olmert	Likud	30
26	Dalia Itzik	Labor Party	30
27	Avraham Hirschson	Kadima	30
28	Ariel Atias	Shas	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
34	Dudi Amsalem	Likud	34
35	Yoaz Hendel	Derekh Eretz	35
36	Eitan Ginzburg	Blue and White	35
37	Yoaz Hendel	New Hope	36
38	Shlomo Karhi	Likud	37

Deputy ministers

	Minister	Party	Governments	Term start	Term end
1	Jabr Muadi	Progress and Development, Alignment	15, 16, 17
2	Eliyahu Moyal	Alignment	17
3	Efraim Gur	Alignment	24
4	Yitzhak Vaknin	Shas	28

External links

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