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The Information and Diaspora Minister of Israel is a post in the Israeli cabinet, created in March 2009. Previously there had been both a Minister of Information (1967 to 1969 and 1974 to 1975), a Minister of Social and Disapora Affairs (1999 to 2001 and 2003 to 2006), and a Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism (2007 until 2009). Between June and November 2005 there was also a Deputy Minister of Social and Disapora Affairs.
The combination of the portfolios of Information and Diaspora relations emphasized the role of the ministry as one of a number of leading spokespersons for the Israeli government abroad, albeit more directly to the Jewish diaspora in comparison to the general state-to-state diplomacy of the Foreign Minister.
| Post title | Minister | Party | Governments | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | Yisrael Galili | Alignment, Labor Party | 13 | 5 June 1967 – 17 March 1969 |
| Information | Shimon Peres | Alignment | 16 | 10 March 1974 – 3 June 1974 |
| Information | Aharon Yariv | Alignment | 17 | 3 June 1974 – 4 February 1975 |
| Social and Disapora Affairs | Michael Melchior | One Israel | 28 | 5 August 1999 – 7 March 2001 |
| Social and Disapora Affairs | Natan Sharansky | Likud | 30 | 3 March 2003 – 4 May 2006 |
| Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism | Isaac Herzog | Labor Party | 31 | 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009 |
| Information and Diaspora | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Likud | 32 | 31 March 2009 – present |
| Minister | Party | Governments | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Melchior | Meimad | 30 | 20 June 2005 – 23 November 2005 |