Ministry of Communications (Israel)

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

Ministry of Communications
משרד התקשורת

Emblem of Israel
Agency overview
Formed1952
JurisdictionGovernment of Israel
Minister responsible
Websitewww.moc.gov.il

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
Minister of Postal Services
1Mordechai NurockMizrachi33 November 1952 (1952-11-03)24 December 1952 (1952-12-24)
2Yosef BurgHapoel HaMizrachi
National Religious Party
4, 5, 6, 7, 824 December 1952 (1952-12-24)1 July 1958 (1958-07-01)
3Yisrael BarzilaiMapam824 November 1958 (1958-11-24)17 December 1959 (1959-12-17)
4Binyamin MintzPoalei Agudat Yisrael917 July 1960 (1960-07-17)30 May 1961 (1961-05-30)Died in office
5Eliyahu SassonAlignment10, 11, 12, 132 November 1961 (1961-11-02)2 January 1967 (1967-01-02)Not an MK until after the 1965 elections
6Yisrael YeshayahuAlignment13, 142 January 1967 (1967-01-02)15 December 1969 (1969-12-15)
7Elimelekh RimaltGahal1515 December 1969 (1969-12-15)6 August 1970 (1970-08-06)
Minister of Communications
8Shimon PeresAlignment151 September 1970 (1970-09-01)10 March 1974 (1974-03-10)
9Aharon UzanNot an MK1610 March 1974 (1974-03-10)3 June 1974 (1974-06-03)
10Yitzhak RabinAlignment173 June 1974 (1974-06-03)20 March 1975 (1975-03-20)
Aharon UzanNot an MK1720 March 1975 (1975-03-20)20 June 1977 (1977-06-20)
11Menachem BeginLikud1820 June 1977 (1977-06-20)24 October 1977 (1977-10-24)
12Meir AmitDash1820 June 1977 (1977-06-20)15 September 1978 (1978-09-15)
13Yitzhak Moda'iLikud1815 January 1979 (1979-01-15)22 December 1980 (1980-12-22)
14Yoram AridorLikud185 January 1981 (1981-01-05)5 August 1981 (1981-08-05)
15Mordechai TziporiLikud19, 205 August 1981 (1981-08-05)13 September 1984 (1984-09-13)
16Amnon RubinsteinShinui21, 2213 September 1984 (1984-09-13)26 May 1987 (1987-05-26)
17Gad YaacobiAlignment22, 239 June 1987 (1987-06-09)15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)
18Rafael PinhasiShas2411 June 1990 (1990-06-11)13 July 1992 (1992-07-13)
19Moshe ShahalLabor Party2513 July 1992 (1992-07-13)7 June 1993 (1993-06-07)
20Shulamit AloniMeretz25, 267 June 1993 (1993-06-07)18 June 1996 (1996-06-18)
21Limor LivnatLikud2718 June 1996 (1996-06-18)6 July 1999 (1999-07-06)
22Binyamin Ben-EliezerOne Israel286 July 1999 (1999-07-06)7 March 2001 (2001-03-07)
23Reuven RivlinLikud297 March 2001 (2001-03-07)28 February 2003 (2003-02-28)
24Ariel SharonLikud3028 February 2003 (2003-02-28)17 August 2003 (2003-08-17)
25Ehud OlmertLikud3029 September 2003 (2003-09-29)10 January 2005 (2005-01-10)
26Dalia ItzikLabor Party3010 January 2005 (2005-01-10)23 November 2005 (2005-11-23)
27Avraham HirschsonKadima3018 January 2006 (2006-01-18)4 May 2006 (2006-05-04)
28Ariel AtiasShas314 May 2006 (2006-05-04)31 April 2009 (2009-04-31)
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 KaraLikud3429 May 2017 (2017-05-29)24 June 2019 (2019-06-24)
34Dudi AmsalemLikud341 July 2019 (2019-07-01)17 May 2020 (2020-05-17)
35Yoaz HendelDerekh Eretz3517 May 2020 (2020-05-17)16 December 2020 (2020-12-16)
35Benny GantzBlue and White3516 December 2020 (2020-12-16)

Deputy ministers

# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end
1Jabr Muadi Progress and Development, Alignment 15, 16, 17 27 October 1971 (1971-10-27)24 March 1975 (1975-03-24)
2Eliyahu Moyal Alignment 17 24 March 1975 (1975-03-24)20 June 1977 (1977-06-20)
3Efraim Gur Alignment 24 2 July 1990 (1990-07-02)20 November 1990 (1990-11-20)
4Yitzhak Vaknin Shas 28 5 August 1999 (1999-08-05)11 July 2000 (2000-07-11)
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