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The Ministry of Public Security (Hebrew: המשרד לביטחון הפנים, Arabic: وزارة الأمن الداخلي), also Ministry of Internal Security, is a government agency of Israel. It is the statewide law enforcement agency and oversees the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service.
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The Minister of Public Security (Hebrew: שר לביטחון פנים, Sar LeVitahon Pnim) is the political head of the ministry. Until 1995 the position was known as Minister of Police (Hebrew: שר המשטרה, Sar HaMishtara). It should not be confused with the Minister of Internal Affairs.
The first Minister of Police, Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, was a former policeman, and served in the position from Israeli independence in May 1948 until a month before his death in January 1967, serving in fourteen governments and making him the country's longest continually serving minister.
The post was abolished after Menachem Begin became Prime Minister in 1977, but was reinstated in 1984 when Shimon Peres became PM.
There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Public Security.
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit | Sephardim & Oriental Communities, Mapai, Labour Alignment |
Provisional, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th |
May 14, 1948 – January 2, 1967 |
| Eliyahu Sasson | Alignment | 13th, 14th | January 2, 1967 – December 15, 1969 |
| Shlomo Hillel | Alignment | 15th, 16th, 17th | December 15, 1969 – June 20, 1977 |
| Haim Bar-Lev | Alignment | 21st, 22nd, 23rd | September 13, 1984 – March 15, 1990 |
| Roni Milo | Likud | 24th | June 11, 1990 – July 13, 1992 |
| Moshe Shahal | Labour | 25th, 26th | July 13, 1992 – June 18, 1996 |
| Avigdor Kahalani | Third Way | 27th | June 18, 1996 – July 6, 1999 |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami | One Israel | 28th | July 6, 1999 – March 7, 2001 |
| Uzi Landau | Likud | 29th | March 7, 2001 – February 28, 2003 |
| Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 30th | February 28, 2003 – September 6, 2004 |
| Gideon Ezra | Likud, Kadima | 30th | September 6, 2004 – May 4, 2006 1 |
| Avi Dichter | Kadima | 31st | May 4, 2006 – April 1, 2009 |
| Yitzhak Aharonovich | Yisrael Beiteinu | 32nd | April 1, 2009 – present |
1 Ezra was initially appointed as Acting Minister, with his position confirmed as permanent on 29 November 2004.
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
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| Gideon Ezra | Likud | 29th | March 7, 2001 – February 28, 2003 |
| Yaakov Edri | Likud, Kadima | 30th | March 10, 2003 – January 18, 2006 |
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