Jerusalem Affairs Minister of Israel

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The Jerusalem Affairs Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר לענייני ירושלים‎, Sar LeAnyanei Yerushalayim) is an occasional portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. It was first established under the government of Yitzhak Shamir on 27 November 1990, with Avraham Verdiger serving as deputy minister,^[1] although Avner Shaki had served as a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Jerusalem Affairs since 1988. However, the post was scrapped by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (who was also the portfolio holder) on 31 December 1992.

It was resurrected in 2001 in Ariel Sharon's government. In 2005 the role reverted to being the responsibility of a Minister without Portfolio.

List of ministers

Minister	Party	Governments	Dates in office
Avner Shaki	National Religious Party	23	27 December 1988 – 11 June 1990
Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	24	27 November 1990 – 13 July 1992
Yitzhak Rabin	Labor Party	25	13 July 1992 – 31 December 1992 31 December 1992
Eli Suissa	Shas	29	7 March 2001 – 23 May 2002
Eli Suissa	Shas	29	3 June 2002 – 28 February 2003
Natan Sharansky	Not an MK 1	30	3 March 2003 – 4 May 2005
Haim Ramon	Labor Party	30	10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005
Ya'akov Edri	Kadima	31	4 May 2006 – 4 July 2007

¹ Although Sharansky was not an MK at the time of his appointment, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Yisrael BaAliyah list (which had merged into Likud), before resigning his seat.

Deputy ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Avraham Verdiger	Agudat Yisrael	24	27 November 1990 – 13 July 1992

References

1. ^ Twelfth Knesset: Government 24 Knesset website