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The Justice Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר המשפטים, Sar HaMishpatim; Arabic: وزير العدل) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice and a position in the Israeli cabinet. The current minister is Ya'akov Ne'eman, an independent who is not a member of the Knesset.
Unlike other ministries, there has never been a Deputy Minister.
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| Pinchas Rosen | Progressive Party | P, 1, 2 | 14 May 1948 – 8 October 1951 |
| Dov Yosef | Mapai | 3 | 8 October 1951 – 25 June 1952 |
| Haim Cohn | Not an MK | 3 | 25 June 1952 – 24 December 1952 |
| Pinchas Rosen | Progressive Party | 4, 5, 6, 7 | 24 December 1952 – 13 February 1956 |
| David Ben-Gurion | Mapai | 7 | 13 February 1956 – 7 January 1958 |
| Pinchas Rosen | Progressive Party | 8, 9 | 7 January 1958 – 2 November 1961 |
| Dov Yosef | Mapai | 10, 11, 12 | 2 November 1961 – 12 January 1966 |
| Yaakov Shimshon Shapira | Mapai | 13, 14, 15 | 12 January 1966 – 13 June 1972 12 September 1972 – 1 November 1973 |
| Haim Yosef Zadok | Alignment | 16, 17 | 10 March 1974 – 20 June 1977 |
| Menachem Begin | Likud | 18 | 20 June 1977 – 24 October 1977 |
| Shmuel Tamir | Dash | 18 | 20 June 1977 – 5 August 1980 |
| Moshe Nissim | Likud | 18, 19, 20, 21 | 13 August 1980 – 16 April 1986 |
| Yitzhak Moda'i | Likud | 21 | 16 April 1986 – 23 July 1986 |
| Avraham Sharir | Likud | 21, 22 | 30 July 1986 – 22 December 1988 |
| Dan Meridor | Likud | 23, 24 | 22 December 1988 – 13 July 1992 |
| David Libai | Labour | 25, 26 | 13 July 1992 – 18 June 1996 |
| Ya'akov Ne'eman | Not an MK | 27 | 18 June 1996 – 10 August 1996 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 27 | 18 June 1996 – 4 September 1996 |
| Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 27 | 4 September 1996 – 6 July 1999 |
| Yossi Beilin | One Israel | 28 | 6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001 |
| Meir Sheetrit | Likud | 29 | 7 March 2001 – 28 February 2003 |
| Tomy Lapid | Shinui | 30 | 28 February 2003 – 4 December 2004 |
| Tzipi Livni | Likud, Kadima | 30 | 5 December 2004 – 4 May 2006 |
| Haim Ramon | Kadima | 31 | 4 May 2006 – 22 August 2006 |
| Meir Sheetrit | Kadima | 31 | 23 August 2006 – 29 November 2006 |
| Tzipi Livni | Kadima | 31 | 29 November 2006 – 7 February 2007 |
| Daniel Friedmann | Not an MK | 31 | 7 February 2007 – 31 March 2009 |
| Ya'akov Ne'eman | Not an MK | 32 | 31 March 2009 – present |
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