- Information and Diaspora Minister of Israel
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The Information and Diaspora Minister of Israel is a post in the Israeli cabinet, created in March 2009. Previously there had been both a Minister of Information (1967 to 1969 and 1974 to 1975), a Minister of Social and Disapora Affairs (1999 to 2001 and 2003 to 2006), and a Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism (2007 until 2009). Between June and November 2005 there was also a Deputy Minister of Social and Disapora Affairs.
The combination of the portfolios of Information and 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
Post title Minister Party Governments Dates in Office Information Yisrael Galili Alignment, Labor Party 13 5 June 1967 – 17 March 1969 Information Shimon Peres Alignment 16 10 March 1974 – 3 June 1974 Information Aharon Yariv Alignment 17 3 June 1974 – 4 February 1975 Social and Disapora Affairs Michael Melchior One Israel 28 5 August 1999 – 7 March 2001 Social and Disapora Affairs Natan Sharansky Likud 30 3 March 2003 – 4 May 2006 Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism Isaac Herzog Labor Party 31 21 March 2007 – 31 March 2009 Information and Diaspora Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Likud 32 31 March 2009 – present Deputy ministers
Minister Party Governments Dates in Office Michael Melchior Meimad 30 20 June 2005 – 23 November 2005 External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Information Knesset website
Israeli Cabinet portfolios
Office of the Prime Minister · Deputy Prime Minister · Vice Prime Minister · Agriculture & Rural Development · Communications · Culture & Sport · Defense · Development of the Negev and Galilee · Economic Strategy · Education · Environmental Protection · Finance · Foreign Affairs · Health · Minister for Home Front Defense · Housing and Construction · Immigrant Absorption · Improvement of Government Services · Industry, Trade & Labour · Information & Diaspora · Intelligence & Atomic Energy · Internal Affairs · Minorities · National Infrastructure · Pensioner Affairs · Public Security · Justice · Regional Development · Religious Services · Science & Technology · Strategic Affairs · Tourism · Transportation & Road Safety · Welfare & Social Services · Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Inactive portfolios: Acting Prime Minister · Development · Labour · Jerusalem Affairs · Rationing & Supply
Categories:- Government ministers of Israel
- Antisemitism
- Government of Israel
- Lists of government ministers of Israel
- Information ministers
- Diaspora ministries
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