Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel
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The Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israel
i Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour and a position in the Israeli cabinet
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The post was established in 1948 as the Minister of Trade and Industry. In 1977 the Tourism Minister
post was added to it, becoming the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Tourism. However, the merger was reversed in 1981 and the post was renamed Minister of Industry and Trade. Labour
, which had been merged with the Welfare Minister position in the 1970s, was appended to the portfolio in 2003.
The post is currently held by Shalom Simhon
of Independence
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There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.
1 Bar-Lev was not an MK at the time, but was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment's list in the 1977 elections
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Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour and a position in the Israeli cabinet
Cabinet of Israel
The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials called ministers, chosen and led by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister must appoint members based on the distribution of votes to political parties during legislative elections, and its composition must be approved by a...
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The post was established in 1948 as the Minister of Trade and Industry. In 1977 the Tourism Minister
Tourism Minister of Israel
The Tourism Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. The position is currently held by Stas Misezhnikov of Yisrael Beiteinu....
post was added to it, becoming the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Tourism. However, the merger was reversed in 1981 and the post was renamed Minister of Industry and Trade. Labour
Labour Minister of Israel
The Labour Minister of Israel was the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Labour and a position in the Israeli cabinet. The post was established in 1948 as the Minister of Labour and Construction...
, which had been merged with the Welfare Minister position in the 1970s, was appended to the portfolio in 2003.
The post is currently held by Shalom Simhon
Shalom Simhon
Shalom Simhon is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Independence. He currently serves as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour and Minister of Minorities in the Israeli cabinet.-Biography:...
of Independence
Independence (Israeli political party)
Independence is a recently-established political party in Israel. It was launched by Defense Minister Ehud Barak on 17 January 2011 after he and four other Labour Party MKs announced their secession from the caucus...
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There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.
List of Industry, Trade and Labour ministers
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in office |
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| Peretz Bernstein Peretz Bernstein Peretz Bernstein was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.-Biography:... |
General Zionists General Zionists The General Zionists were centrists within the Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud.-History:... |
P | 14 May 1948 – 10 March 1949 |
| Eliezer Kaplan Eliezer Kaplan Eliezer Kaplan was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician, one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence and the country's first Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.-Biography:... |
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968... |
1 | 10 March 1949 – 1 November 1950 |
| Ya'akov Geri Ya'akov Geri Ya'akov Geri was a South Africa-born Israeli lawyer who served as Minister of Trade and Industry between November 1950 and October 1951, although he was never as a Knesset member.-External links:... |
Not an MK | 2 | 1 November 1950 – 8 October 1951 |
| Dov Yosef Dov Yosef Dov Yosef was an Israeli politician and statesman. Yosef served in a variety of ministerial positions during the first two Knessets and was the country's second Minister of Justice, serving twice .-Background:... |
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968... |
3 | 8 October 1951 – 24 December 1952 |
| Peretz Bernstein Peretz Bernstein Peretz Bernstein was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.-Biography:... |
General Zionists General Zionists The General Zionists were centrists within the Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud.-History:... |
4, 5 | 24 December 1952 – 29 June 1955 |
| Peretz Naftali Peretz Naftali Peretz Naftali was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.-Biography:Born in Berlin in Germany, Naftali joined the Social Democratic Party in 1911... |
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968... |
6 | 29 June 1955 – 3 November 1955 |
| Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the country's founding.He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Finance and Minister of Trade and Industry as well as several other high-ranking governmental posts... |
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968... |
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | 3 November 1955 – 25 May 1965 |
| Haim Yosef Zadok Haim Yosef Zadok -Early life:Zadok was born in 1913 in Rava-Ruska in Eastern Galicia in Austria-Hungary . He studied philosophy and Jewish studies at the University of Warsaw. He was a member of the Gordonia youth movement in Poland and in the "Poale Zion Federation" Party.In 1935 he immigrated to the British... |
Mapai Mapai Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968... , Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party... |
12, 13 | 25 May 1965 – 22 November 1966 |
| Ze'ev Sherf Ze'ev Sherf Ze'ev Sherf was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the 1960s and 1970s.- Biography :Born in Czernowitz in Austria-Hungary , Sherf made aliyah in 1925... |
Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party... |
13, 14 | 22 November 1966 – 15 December 1969 |
| Yosef Sapir Yosef Sapir Yosef Sapir was an Israeli politician and Knesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of the General Zionists and was a founding member of the Gahal party.... |
Gahal Gahal Gahal , lit. Herut-Liberals Bloc) was the major right-wing political faction in Israel led by Menachem Begin from its founding in 1965 until it merged into Likud in 1973.-Background:... |
15 | 15 December 1969 – 6 August 1970 |
| Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir Pinchas Sapir was an Israeli politician during the first three decades following the country's founding.He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Finance and Minister of Trade and Industry as well as several other high-ranking governmental posts... |
Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party... |
15 | 1 September 1970 – 5 March 1972 |
| Haim Bar-Lev | Not an MK 1 | 15, 16, 17 | 5 March 1972 – 20 June 1977 |
| Yigal Hurvitz Yigal Hurvitz Yigal Hurvitz was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s.-Biography:Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda in 1918. Between 1938 and 1941 he was a member of the secretariat of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, and served in the Jewish Brigade during World War II... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
18 | 20 June 1977 – 1 October 1978 |
| Gideon Patt Gideon Patt Gideon Patt is a former Israeli politician who served in several ministerial positions between the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Biography:Born in Jerusalem during the Mandate era, Patt served in the Nahal brigade and studied economics at New York University, gaining a BA.For the 1969 elections he... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
18, 19, 20 | 15 January 1979 – 13 September 1984 |
| Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006.... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
21, 22, 23 | 13 September 1984 – 20 February 1990 |
| Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim is a former Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister.-Background:Born in Mandate Palestine, Nissim studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an MA. He was an Officer of Justice in the IDF during his national service, and went on to work as an attorney... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
23, 24 | 7 March 1990 – 13 July 1992 |
| Michael Harish Michael Harish Michael Harish is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade between 1992 and 1996. Since 23 January 2011, he has served as the temporary chairman of the Labor Party, following the resignation of Ehud Barak as party chairman.... |
Labor Party | 25, 26 | 13 July 1992 – 18 June 1996 |
| Natan Sharansky Natan Sharansky Natan Sharansky was born in Stalino, Soviet Union on 20 January 1948 to a Jewish family. He graduated with a degree in applied mathematics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. As a child, he was a chess prodigy. He performed in simultaneous and blindfold displays, usually against... |
Yisrael BaAliyah | 27 | 18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 |
| Ran Cohen Ran Cohen Ran Cohen is an Israeli politician and former Knesset member for Meretz-Yachad. He is a resident of Mevaseret Zion and married with four children.... |
Meretz | 28 | 6 July 1999 – 24 June 2000 |
| Ehud Barak Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government.... |
One Israel One Israel One Israel was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections.-Background:One Israel was formed by Labor leader Ehud Barak in the run-up to the 1999 elections with the aim of making Labor appear more centrist and to reduce its secularist and elitist... |
28 | 24 September 2000 – 7 March 2001 |
| Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik Dalia Itzik , born 20 October 1952, is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and has since served as President of Israel in an... |
Labor Party | 29 | 7 March 2001 – 2 November 2002 |
| Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006.... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
29 | 2 November 2002 – 28 February 2003 |
| Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, as a Cabinet Minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006, and as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003.... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... , Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... |
30 | 28 February 2003 – 4 May 2006 |
| Eli Yishai Eli Yishai Eliyahu "Eli" Yishai is an Israeli politician and head of the Shas party. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Shas, and as both one of four Deputy Prime Ministers and Minister of Internal Affairs.- Political life :... |
Shas Shas Shas is an ultra-orthodox religious political party in Israel, primarily representing Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Judaism.Shas was founded in 1984 by dissident members of the Ashkenazi dominated Agudat Israel, to represent the interests of religiously observant Sephardic and Mizrahi ... |
31 | 4 May 2006 – 31 March 2009 |
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer , , born 12 February 1936) is an Israeli politician and former military officer of Iraqi origin. He currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party, and has held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour, Minister of... |
Labor Party | 32 | 31 March 2009 – 17 January 2011 |
| Shalom Simhon Shalom Simhon Shalom Simhon is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Independence. He currently serves as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour and Minister of Minorities in the Israeli cabinet.-Biography:... |
Independence Independence (Israeli political party) Independence is a recently-established political party in Israel. It was launched by Defense Minister Ehud Barak on 17 January 2011 after he and four other Labour Party MKs announced their secession from the caucus... |
32 | 18 January 2011 – present |
1 Bar-Lev was not an MK at the time, but was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment's list in the 1977 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1977
The Elections for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right-wing, led by Likud, won the election, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai...
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Deputy Ministers
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| Zalman Suzayiv Zalman Suzayiv Zalman Suzayiv was an Israeli businessman and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1959.-Biography:... |
General Zionists General Zionists The General Zionists were centrists within the Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud.-History:... |
4, 5 | 15 June 1953 – 29 June 1955 |
| Aryeh Eliav Aryeh Eliav Arie "Lova" Eliav, born Lev Lipschitz , , was an Israeli politician and former member of the Knesset.-Biography:... |
Alignment Alignment (political party) The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party... |
13 | 17 October 1966 – 22 November 1966 28 November 1966 – 26 June 1967 |
| Yitzhak Peretz Yitzhak Peretz (politician born 1936) Yitzhak Peretz was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1974 and 1988.-Biography:Born in Casablanca in Morocco in 1936, Peretz made aliyah to Israel in 1950. He attended the Mikveh Yisrael agricultural high school, and later Bar-Ilan University. In 1956 he joined... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
18 | 28 June 1977 – 15 January 1979 |
| Masha Lubelsky Masha Lubelsky Masha Lubelsky is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 1996.-Biography:Born in Herzliya during the Mandate era, Lubelsky worked in education... |
Labor Party | 25, 26 | 4 August 1992 – 18 June 1996 |
| Eli Ben-Menachem Eli Ben-Menachem Eli Ben-Menachem is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, the Labor Party and One Israel between 1988 and 2006.-Biography:... |
Labor Party | 29 | 7 March 2001 – 2 November 2002 |
| Michael Ratzon Michael Ratzon Michael Ratzon is a former Israeli politician who briefly served as a member of the Knesset for Likud in 1996 and again from 2003 until 2006.-Biography:... |
Likud Likud Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had... |
30 | 5 March 2003 – 28 October 2004 |
| Eli Aflalo Eli Aflalo Eli Aflalo is an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. Between July 2008 and March 2009 he was the country's Minister of Immigrant Absorption.-Biography:... |
Kadima Kadima Kadima is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians... |
30 | 30 March 2005 – 4 May 2006 |
| Orit Noked | Labor Party | 32 | 31 March 2009 – 18 January 2011 |
External links
- Ministry website
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Trade and Industry Knesset website