Ministry of Communications (Israel) explained
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.
| Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end | Notes |
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| Minister of Postal Services |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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