Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Israel)

The Israeli Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Hebrew: משרד הרווחה והשירותים החברתיים‎, Misrad HaRevaha VeHaSherutim HaHevrati'im) is the branch of government charged to ensure the welfare of the public in Israel and oversee the supply of services.

The current Minister of Welfare and Social Services Minister is Moshe Kahlon.

History

The ministry was originally divided into two separate ministries – the Labor Ministry and the Welfare Ministry. In 1977 they were united to be the Welfare and Labor Ministry according to the view that labor can lead to welfare. In the term of the second government of Ariel Sharon (2003), the responsibility of work-related issues was transferred to the Industry, Trade and Labor ministry and in 2007 the name was changed to be Welfare and Social Services Ministry.

Welfare and Social Services Minister

The Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר הרווחה והשירותים החברתיים‎, Sar HaRevaha VeHaSherutim HaHevrati'im) is the political head of the ministry and part of the Israeli cabinet.

List of ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Yitzhak-Meir Levin	Agudat Israel United Religious Front	P, 1, 2, 3	14 May 1948 – 18 September 1952
Haim-Moshe Shapira	Hapoel HaMizrachi National Religious Party	4, 5, 6, 7, 8	24 December 1952 – 1 July 1958
Peretz Naftali	Mapai	8	25 January 1959 – 17 December 1959
Yosef Burg	National Religious Party	9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15	17 December 1959 – 1 September 1970
Michael Hasani	National Religious Party	15, 16	1 September 1970 – 4 April 1974
Victor Shem-Tov	Alignment	17	3 June 1974 – 29 October 1974
Michael Hasani	National Religious Party	17	30 October 1974 – 2 July 1975 1
Yitzhak Rabin	Alignment	17	7 July 1975 – 29 July 1975
Yosef Burg	National Religious Party	17	29 July 1975 – 4 November 1975
Zevulun Hammer	National Religious Party	17	4 November 1975 – 22 December 1976
Moshe Baram	Alignment	17	16 January 1977 – 20 June 1977
Menachem Begin	Likud	18	20 June 1977 – 24 October 1977
Yisrael Katz	Not an MK	18	24 October 1977 – 5 August 1981
Aharon Abuhatzira	Tami	18	5 August 1981 – 2 May 1982
Aharon Uzan	Tami	19, 20	3 May 1982 – 13 September 1984
Moshe Katsav	Likud	21, 22	13 September 1984 – 22 December 1988
Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	23	22 December 1988 – 7 March 1990
Roni Milo	Likud	23	7 March 1990 – 11 June 1990
Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	24	11 June 1990 – 13 July 1992
Yitzhak Rabin	Labor Party	25	13 July 1992 – 31 December 1992
Ora Namir	Labor Party	25, 26	31 December 1992 – 21 May 1996
Eli Yishai	Shas	27, 28	18 June 1996 – 11 July 2000
Ra'anan Cohen	One Israel	28	10 August 2000 – 7 March 2001
Shlomo Benizri	Shas	29	7 March 2001 – 23 May 2002
Ariel Sharon	Likud	29	23 May 2002 – 3 June 2002
Shlomo Benizri	Shas	29	3 June 2002 – 28 February 2003
Zevulun Orlev	National Religious Party	30	3 March 2003 – 11 November 2004
Ehud Olmert	Kadima	31	4 May 2006 – 21 March 2007
Isaac Herzog	Labor Party	31, 32	21 March 2007 – 17 January 2011
Moshe Kahlon	Likud	32	19 January 2011 – present

¹ Died in office

External links

• Ministry website (Hebrew)
• All Ministers in the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Knesset website
• Welfare and Social Services Ministry Official Site (Hebrew)