Development Minister of Israel

Minister of Development (Hebrew: שר הפיתוח‎, Sar HaPituah) was a portfolio in the Israeli cabinet between 1953 and 1974. The ministry was responsible for government-owned mineral extraction companies and the country's geology institute. The department also set up both the quarry rehabilitation fund and the Dead Sea Works.

The post was scrapped in 1974, and succeeded three years later by the Energy and Infrastructure portfolio (today known as the National Infrastructure Minister). Since 2005 there has also been a Minister of Development of the Negev and Galilee.

List of Development Ministers

Minister	Party	Governments	Dates in Office
Dov Yosef	Mapai	4, 5, 6	15 June 1953 – 3 November 1955
Mordechai Bentov	Mapam	7, 8, 9	3 November 1955 – 2 November 1961
Giora Yoseftal ¹	Mapai	10	2 November 1961 – 23 August 1962
Yosef Almogi	Mapai	10, 11, 12	30 October 1962 – 25 May 1965
Haim Yosef Zadok	Mapai	12	31 May 1965 – 12 January 1966
Moshe Kol	Not an MK ²	13, 14	12 January 1966 – 15 December 1969
Haim Landau	Gahal	15	15 December 1969 – 6 August 1970
Haim Gvati	Alignment	15	1 September 1970 – 10 March 1974
Haim Bar-Lev	Not an MK ³	16	10 March 1974 – 3 June 1974

¹ Died in Office

² Kol was an MK for the Independent Liberals, but resigned his Knesset seat when he was appointed Minister, per party policy.

³ Whilst Bar-Lev was not an MK at the time, he was elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment.

Deputy Ministers

Minister	Party	Governments	Dates in Office
Yehuda Sha'ari	Independent Liberals	13, 14	17 January 1966 (1966-01-17) – 15 December 1969 (1969-12-15)