| Birth Date: | 24 May 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Office1: | Ministerial roles |
| Suboffice1: | Minister without Portfolio |
| Subterm1: | 2001–2002 |
| Office2: | Faction represented in the Knesset |
| Suboffice2: | Labor Party |
| Subterm2: | 1992–1996 |
Shmuel Avital (he|שמואל אביטל, born 24 May 1951) is an Israeli former politician who served as a minister without portfolio responsible for social coordination from March 2001 until February 2002.
Born in Casablanca in Morocco, Avital emigrated to Israel in 1953. He studied at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba and worked in agriculture.[1]
In 1992 he was elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party's list. However, he lost his seat in the 1996 elections. Despite not being a member of the Knesset, in March 2001 he was appointed minister without portfolio responsible for social co-ordination in Ariel Sharon's national unity government. However, he resigned in February the following year.