Welfare and Social Services Ministry (Israel)

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.

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History

The ministry was originally divided into two separate ministriesthe 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 194818 September 1952
Haim-Moshe Shapira Hapoel HaMizrachi
National Religious Party
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 24 December 19521 July 1958
Peretz Naftali Mapai 8 25 January 195917 December 1959
Yosef Burg National Religious Party 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 17 December 19591 September 1970
Michael Hasani National Religious Party 15, 16 1 September 19704 April 1974
Victor Shem-Tov Alignment 17 3 June 197429 October 1974
Michael Hasani National Religious Party 17 30 October 19742 July 1975 1
Yitzhak Rabin Alignment 17 7 July 197529 July 1975
Yosef Burg National Religious Party 17 29 July 19754 November 1975
Zevulun Hammer National Religious Party 17 4 November 197522 December 1976
Moshe Baram Alignment 17 16 January 197720 June 1977
Menachem Begin Likud 18 20 June 197724 October 1977
Yisrael Katz Not an MK 18 24 October 19775 August 1981
Aharon Abuhatzira Tami 18 5 August 19812 May 1982
Aharon Uzan Tami 19, 20 3 May 198213 September 1984
Moshe Katsav Likud 21, 22 13 September 198422 December 1988
Yitzhak Shamir Likud 23 22 December 19887 March 1990
Roni Milo Likud 23 7 March 199011 June 1990
Yitzhak Shamir Likud 24 11 June 199013 July 1992
Yitzhak Rabin Labor Party 25 13 July 199231 December 1992
Ora Namir Labor Party 25, 26 31 December 199221 May 1996
Eli Yishai Shas 27, 28 18 June 199611 July 2000
Ra'anan Cohen One Israel 28 10 August 20007 March 2001
Shlomo Benizri Shas 29 7 March 200123 May 2002
Ariel Sharon Likud 29 23 May 20023 June 2002
Shlomo Benizri Shas 29 3 June 200228 February 2003
Zevulun Orlev National Religious Party 30 3 March 200311 November 2004
Ehud Olmert Kadima 31 4 May 200621 March 2007
Isaac Herzog Labor Party 31, 32 21 March 200717 January 2011
Moshe Kahlon Likud 32 19 January 2011present

1 Died in office

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