Health Minister of Israel
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The Health Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר הבריאות, Sar HaBriut) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Health and a member of the cabinet. The current Minister of Health is Yaakov Ben-Yezri of Gil.
There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Health. Abdul-Aziz Zoabi, appointed Deputy Minister on 25 May 1971, was the first non-Jewish minister appointed to the Israeli cabinet.
[edit] List of Health Minsters
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haim-Moshe Shapira | United Religious Front, Mizrahi Workers |
Provisional, 1st, 2nd | 14/5/1948 - 8/10/1951 |
| Yosef Burg | Mizrahi Workers | 3rd | 8/10/1951 - 24/12/1952 |
| Yosef Sapir 1 | General Zionists | 4th | 24/12/1952 - 29/12/1953 |
| Yosef Serlin 1 | General Zionists | 4th, 5th | 29/12/1953- 29/6/1955 |
| Dov Yosef | Mapai | 6th | 29/6/1955 - 3/11/1955 |
| Israel Barzilai | Mapam | 7th, 8th, 9th | 3/11/1955 - 2/11/1961 |
| Haim-Moshe Shapira | National Religious Party | 10th, 11th, 12th | 2/11/1961 - 12/1/1966 |
| Israel Barzilai | Mapam, Alignment | 13th, 14th | 12/1/1966 - 15/12/1969 |
| Haim Givati | Alignment | 15th | 22/12/1969 - 27/7/1970 |
| Victor Shem-Tov | Not an MK ² | 15th, 16th, 17th | 27/7/1970 - 20/6/1977 |
| Eliezer Shostak | Likud | 18th, 19th, 20th | 20/6/1977 - 13/9/1984 |
| Mordechai Gur | Alignment | 21st | 13/9/1984 - 20/10/1986 |
| Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino | Alignment | 22nd | 20/10/1986 - 22/12/1988 |
| Yaakov Tzur | Alignment | 23rd | 22/12/1988 - 15/3/1990 |
| Ehud Olmert | Likud | 24th | 11/6/1990 - 13/7/1992 |
| Haim Ramon | Labour | 25th | 13/7/1992 - 8/2/1994 |
| Yitzhak Rabin ³ | Labour | 25th | 8/2/1994 - 1/6/1994 |
| Efraim Sneh | Labour | 25th, 26th | 1/6/1994 - 18/6/1996 |
| Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 27th | 18/6/1996 - 12/11/1996 |
| Yehoshua Matza | Likud | 27th | 12/11/1996 - 6/7/1999 |
| Shlomo Benizri | Shas | 28th | 6/7/1999 - 11/7/2000 |
| Roni Milo | Centre Party | 28th | 10/8/2000 - 7/3/2001 |
| Nissim Dahan | Shas | 29th | 7/3/2001 - 23/5/2002 |
| Ariel Sharon ³ | Likud | 29th | 23/5/2002 - 3/6/2002 |
| Nissim Dahan | Shas | 29th | 3/6/2002 - 28/2/2003 |
| Dan Naveh | Likud | 30th | 28/2/2003 - 14/1/2006 |
| Yaakov Edri | Kadima | 30th | 18/1/2006 - 4/5/2006 |
| Yaakov Ben-Yezri | Gil | 31st | 4/5/2006 - Present |
1 Sapir and Serlin swapped ministerial portfolios; Serlin became Minister of Transportation.
² Although Shem-Tov was not an MK at the time, he was a member of the Alignment.
³ Also serving Prime Minister.
[edit] Deputy Ministers
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yitzhak Rafael | National Religious Party | 10th, 11th, 12th | 2/11/1961 - 22/3/1965 |
| Shlomo-Israel Ben-Meir | National Religious Party | 12th | 24/3/1965 - 12/1/1966 |
| Abdul-Aziz Zoabi | Alignment | 15th | 24/5/1971 - 10/3/1974 |
| Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino | Alignment | 21st | 24/9/1984 - 20/10/1986 |
| Eliezer Mizrahi | Agudat Israel, Geulat Israel | 24th | 25/6/1990 - 13/7/1992 |
| Nawaf Massalha | Labour Party | 25th, 26th | 4/8/1992 - 18/6/1996 |
| Shlomo Benizri | Shas | 27th | 13/8/1996 - 6/7/1999 |
