Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel)

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel (Hebrew: משרד החקלאות ופיתוח הכפר‎, Misrad HaHakla'ut UFitu'ah HaKfar) is the ministry of the Israeli government that oversees the country's agricultural industry. The ministry was originally called Ministry of Agriculture, but in 1992 the title was changed to its current form. The Development Ministry, which oversaw rural development, was abolished in 1974.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
משרד החקלאות
Agency overview
Formed1948
JurisdictionGovernment of Israel
Minister responsible
Websitewww.moag.gov.il

List of ministers

The Agriculture and Rural Development Minister (Hebrew: שר החקלאות ופיתוח הכפר‎, Sar HaHakla'ut vePituah HaKfar; Arabic: وزير الزراعة وتطوير القرية‎) is the political head of the ministry, considered a relatively minor position in the Israel cabinet. Two serving Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin and Ehud Barak, also served as agriculture ministers; Begin following the death of the incumbent, and Barak following the resignation of the former minister's party from his coalition. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end Notes
Minister of Agriculture
1Aharon ZislingMapamProvisional14 May 194810 March 1949
2Dov YosefMapai11 June 19491 November 1950
3Pinhas LavonMapai2November 1, 1950October 8, 1951
4Levi EshkolMapai3October 8, 1951June 25, 1952
5Peretz NaftaliMapai3, 4, 5, 6June 25, 1952November 3, 1955
6Kadish LuzMapai7, 8November 3, 1955December 17, 1959
7Moshe DayanMapai9, 10, 11December 17, 1959November 4, 1964
8Haim GvatiMapai, Alignment 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16November 9, 1964June 3, 1974Not a Knesset member for part of term in office
9Aharon UzanAlignment17June 3, 1974June 20, 1977Not a Knesset Member
10Ariel SharonLikud18June 20, 1977August 5, 1981
11Simha ErlichLikud19August 5, 1981June 19, 1983Died in office
12Menachem BeginLikud19June 19, 1983October 10, 1983Also serving Prime Minister
13Pesah GrupperLikud20October 10, 1983September 13, 1984
14Aryeh NehemkinAlignment21, 22September 13, 1984December 22, 1988
15Avraham Katz-OzAlignment23December 22, 1988March 15, 1990
16Rafael EitanTzomet24June 11, 1990December 31, 1991
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
17Ya'akov TzurLabor Party25, 26July 13, 1992June 18, 1996
–Rafael EitanTzomet27June 18, 1996July 6, 1999
18Haim OronMeretz28August 5, 1999June 24, 2000
19Ehud BarakLabor Party28June 24, 2000March 7, 2001Also serving Prime Minister
20Shalom SimhonLabor Party29March 7, 2001November 2, 2002
21Tzipi LivniLikud29December 17, 2002February 28, 2003
22Yisrael KatzLikud30February 28, 2003January 14, 2006
23Ze'ev BoimKadima30January 18, 2006May 4, 2006
–Shalom SimhonLabor Party31, 324 May 200618 January 2011
24Orit NokedIndependence3218 January 201118 March 2013
25Yair ShamirYisrael Beiteinu3318 March 201314 May 2015
26Uri ArielThe Jewish Home3414 May 201515 November 2019
27Tzachi HanegbiLikud3420 January 202017 May 2020
28Alon SchusterIsrael Resilience Party, Blue and White3517 May 2020

Deputy ministers
# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end
1Yosef EfratiMapai39 July 195224 December 1952
2Ze'ev TzurAhdut HaAvoda7, 85 December 195517 December 1959
3Aharon UzanAlignment13, 1417 January 196617 March 1969
4Ben-Zion HalfonAlignment1522 December 196910 March 1974
5Jabr MuadiAlignment, Progress and Development, United Arab List1724 March 197520 June 1977
6Pesah GrupperLikud1911 August 198110 October 1983
7Michael DekelLikud2010 October 198313 September 1984
8Avraham Katz-OzAlignment21, 2224 September 198422 December 1988
9Walid Haj YahiaMeretz25, 264 August 199218 June 1996
10Gila GamlielLikud3030 March 200514 January 2006

References
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