| Nativename: | משרד הפיתוח |
| Ministry of Development | |
| Formed: | 1953 |
| Dissolved: | 1974 |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Israel |
Minister of Development (Hebrew: שר הפיתוח, Sar HaPituah) was a portfolio in the Israeli cabinet between 1953 and 1974. The ministry was responsible for government-owned mineral extraction companies and the country's geology institute. The department also set up both the quarry rehabilitation fund and the Dead Sea Works.
The post was scrapped in 1974, and succeeded three years later by the Energy and Infrastructure portfolio. Since 2005 there has also been a Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee.
| Minister | Party | Government | Term start | Term end | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dov Yosef | Mapai | 4, 5, 6 | 15 June 1953 | 3 November 1955 | ||
| 2 | Mordechai Bentov | Mapam | 7, 8, 9 | 3 November 1955 | 2 November 1961 | ||
| 3 | Giora Yoseftal | Mapai | 10 | 2 November 1961 | 23 August 1962 | Died in office | |
| 4 | Yosef Almogi | Mapai | 10, 11, 12 | 30 October 1962 | 25 May 1965 | ||
| 5 | Haim Yosef Zadok | Mapai | 12 | 31 May 1965 | 12 January 1966 | ||
| 6 | Moshe Kol | Not an MK | 13, 14 | 12 January 1966 | 15 December 1969 | Member of the Independent Liberals, resigned from the Knesset when appointed minister in line with party policy | |
| 7 | Haim Landau | Gahal | 15 | 15 December 1969 | 6 August 1970 | ||
| 8 | Haim Gvati | Alignment | 15 | 1 September 1970 | 10 March 1974 | ||
| 9 | Haim Bar-Lev | Not an MK | 16 | 10 March 1974 | 3 June 1974 | Later elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment. |