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The Ministry of Housing and Construction (Hebrew: משרד הבינוי והשיכון, Misrad HaBinui VeHaShikhun) is a portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. The ministry was created in 1961, and until 1977 it was known as the Ministry of Housing. Construction was also previously part of the Labour and Construction ministry during the provisional government between 1948 and 1949. The current minister is Ariel Atias of Shas.
There has been a Deputy Minister on several occasions.
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| Giora Yoseftal | Mapai | 10 | November 2, 1961 – August 23, 1962 1 |
| Yosef Almogi | Mapai | 10, 11, 12 | October 30, 1962 – May 23, 1965 |
| Levi Eshkol | Mapai | 12 | May 31, 1965 – January 12, 1966 |
| Mordechai Bentov | Not an MK 2 | 13, 14 | January 12, 1966 – December 15, 1969 |
| Ze'ev Sherf | Alignment | 15 | December 15, 1969 – March 10, 1974 |
| Yehoshua Rabinovitz | Not an MK 3 | 16 | March 10, 1974 – June 3, 1974 |
| Avraham Ofer | Alignment | 17 | June 3, 1974 – January 3, 1977 1 |
| Shlomo Rosen | Not an MK 4 | 17 | January 16, 1977 – June 20, 1977 |
| Gideon Patt | Likud | 18 | June 20, 1977 – January 15, 1979 |
| David Levy | Likud | 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 | January 15, 1979 – June 11, 1990 |
| Ariel Sharon | Likud | 24 | June 11, 1990 – July 13, 1992 |
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Labor Party | 25, 26 | July 13, 1992 – June 18, 1996 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 27 | June 18, 1996 – July 6, 1999 |
| Yitzhak Levy | National Religious Party | 28 | July 6, 1999 – July 12, 2000 |
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | One Israel | 28 | October 11, 2000 – March 7, 2001 |
| Natan Sharansky | Yisrael BaAliyah | 29 | March 7, 2001 – February 28, 2003 |
| Effi Eitam | National Religious Party | 30 | March 3, 2003 – June 10, 2004 |
| Tzipi Livni | Likud | 30 | July 4, 2004 – January 10, 2005 5 |
| Isaac Herzog | Labor Party | 30 | January 10, 2005 – November 23, 2005 |
| Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | 30 | January 18, 2006 – May 4, 2006 |
| Meir Sheetrit | Kadima | 31 | May 4, 2006 – July 4, 2007 |
| Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | 31 | July 4, 2007 – March 31, 2009 |
| Ariel Atias | Shas | 32 | March 31, 2009 – |
1 Died in office.
2 Although Bentov was not an MK at the time of his appointment, he had previously represented Mapam in the Knesset.
3 Although Rabinovitz was not an MK at the time of his appointment, he was elected to the next Knesset on the Alignment's list.
4 Although Rosen was not an MK at the time of his appointment, he had previously represented Mapam and the Alignment in the Knesset.
5 Livni was acting minister until 31 August, when her appointment was made permanent.
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| Moshe Katsav | Likud | 20 | October 10, 1983 – September 13, 1984 |
| Avraham Ravitz | Degel HaTorah | 24 | June 25, 1990 – July 13, 1992 |
| Aryeh Gamliel | Shas | 25 | July 29, 1992 – September 9, 1993 |
| Ran Cohen | Meretz | 25 | August 4, 1992 – December 31, 1992 |
| Eli Ben-Menachem | Labor Party | 25, 26 | April 8, 1993 – June 18, 1996 |
| Alex Goldfarb | Yiud, Atid | 25, 26 | January 2, 1992 – June 18, 1996 |
| Meir Porush | United Torah Judaism | 27, 29 | June 24, 1996 – July 6, 1999 June 4, 2001 – February 28, 2003 |
| Eli Ben-Menachem | Labor Party | 30 | January 11, 2005 – November 23, 2005 |
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