Minister of Diaspora Affairs

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The Minister of Diaspora Affairs is a post in the Israeli cabinet. The portfolio has gone under several different names and was combined with the Jerusalem portfolio between 2013 and 2015. Between June and November 2005 there was also a Deputy Minister.

The combination of the portfolios of 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.

List of portfolio holders

#	Minister	Party	Governments	Term start	Term end	Notes
Minister of Social and Diaspora Affairs
1	Michael Melchior	One Israel	28	5 August 1999	7 March 2001
2	Natan Sharansky	Likud	30	3 March 2003	4 May 2006
Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism
3	Isaac Herzog	Labor Party	31	21 March 2007	31 March 2009
Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs
4	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein	Likud	32	31 March 2009	18 March 2013
Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs
(5)	Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	33	18 March 2013	29 April 2013	Serving Prime Minister
(6)	Naftali Bennett	The Jewish Home	33, 34	29 April 2013	1 June 2015
Minister of Diaspora Affairs
–	Naftali Bennett	The Jewish Home	33, 34	1 June 2015

Deputy ministers

#	Minister	Party	Governments	Term start	Term end
1	Michael Melchior	Meimad	30	20 June 2005	23 November 2005

References

Israeli Cabinet portfolios

Prime Minister's Office Vice Prime Minister Agriculture & Rural Development Communications Construction Culture & Sport Defense Development of the Negev & Galilee Diaspora Affairs Economy Education Environmental Protection Finance Foreign Affairs Health Immigrant Absorption Information Intelligence & Atomic Energy Internal Affairs Jerusalem Affairs & Heritage Justice National Infrastructure, Energy & Water Resources Public Security Regional Cooperation Religious Services Science, Technology & Space Social Equality Strategic Affairs Tourism Transport & Road Safety Welfare & Social Services Inactive portfolios Deputy Prime Minister Acting Prime Minister Development Economic Strategy Home Front Defense Labor Minorities Rationing & Supply Minister in the Prime Minister's Office

Current government of Israel

Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu (also Minister of Communications, Economy, Foreign Affairs, and Regional Cooperation)

Ministers	Ofir Akunis (Science, Technology and Space) Uri Ariel (Agriculture) David Azulai (Religious Affairs) Naftali Bennett (Education, Diaspora Affairs) Aryeh Deri (Development of the Negev & Galilee, Interior) Ze'ev Elkin (Immigrant Absorption, Jerusalem Affairs & Heritage) Gilad Erdan (Public Security, Strategic Affairs, Information) Avi Gabai (Environmental Protection) Yoav Galant (Construction) Gila Gamliel (Senior Citizens) Moshe Kahlon (Finance) Haim Katz (Welfare and Social Services) Yisrael Katz (Intelligence & Atomic Energy, Transportation) Yariv Levin (Tourism) Yaakov Litzman (Health) Miri Regev (Culture & Sport) Ayelet Shaked (Justice) Yuval Steinitz (National Infrastructure, Energy & Water) Moshe Ya'alon (Defense)

Deputy ministers	Eli Ben-Dahan (Defense) Yitzhak Cohen (Finance) Tzipi Hotovely (Foreign Affairs) Ayoob Kara (Regional Cooperation) Jackie Levy (Construction) Yaron Mazuz (PM's Office) Meshulam Nahari (Interior) Meir Porush (Education)

See also: 2015 Knesset elections Current members of the Knesset

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