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 (Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד הַתִּקְשֹׁרֶת, Misrad HaTikshoret) is the Israeli government ministry responsible for Communications in Israel. The ministry was established in 1952 and was known as the Ministry of Postal Services (Hebrew: משרד הדואר, Misrad HaDo'ar) until 1970.

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.

MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endNotes
Minister of Postal Services
1Mordechai NurockMizrachi3
2Yosef BurgHapoel HaMizrachi
4, 5, 6, 7, 8
3Yisrael BarzilaiMapam8
4Binyamin MintzPoalei Agudat Yisrael9Died in office
5Eliyahu SassonAlignmentNot an MK until after the 1965 elections
6Yisrael YeshayahuAlignment13, 14
7Elimelekh RimaltGahal15
Minister of Communications
8Shimon PeresAlignment15
9Aharon UzanNot an MK16
10Yitzhak RabinAlignment17
Aharon UzanNot an MK17
11Menachem BeginLikud18
12Meir AmitDash18
13Yitzhak Moda'iLikud18
14Yoram AridorLikud18
15Mordechai TziporiLikud19, 20
16Amnon RubinsteinShinui21, 22
17Gad YaacobiAlignment22, 23
18Rafael PinhasiShas24
19Moshe ShahalLabor Party25
20Shulamit AloniMeretz25, 26
21Limor LivnatLikud27
22One Israel28
23Reuven RivlinLikud29
24Ariel SharonLikud30
25Ehud OlmertLikud30
26Dalia ItzikLabor Party30
27Avraham HirschsonKadima30
28Ariel AtiasShas31
29Moshe KahlonLikud3231 April 200918 March 2013
30Gilad ErdanLikud3318 March 20135 November 2014
31Benjamin NetanyahuLikud33, 345 November 201421 February 2017Also serving Prime Minister
32Tzachi HanegbiLikud3421 February 201729 May 2017Acting Minister
33Ayoob KaraLikud34
34Dudi AmsalemLikud34
35Yoaz HendelDerekh Eretz35
36Eitan GinzburgBlue and White35
37Yoaz HendelNew Hope36
38Shlomo KarhiLikud37

Deputy ministers

MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm end
1Jabr MuadiProgress and Development, Alignment15, 16, 17
2Eliyahu MoyalAlignment17
3Efraim GurAlignment24
4Yitzhak VakninShas28

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