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The Ministry of Health (Hebrew: משרד הבריאות, Misrad HaBri'ut) is a ministry in the Israeli government. The current Minister of Health is Binyamin Netanyahu (who is also Prime Minister) of Likud.
There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Health. Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi, appointed Deputy Minister on May 25, 1971, was the first non-Jewish minister appointed to the Israeli cabinet.
List of Health Minsters
Minister Party Government(s) Dates in Office Haim-Moshe Shapira United Religious Front,
Hapoel HaMizrachiProvisional, 1st, 2nd May 14, 1948 – October 8, 1951 Yosef Burg Hapoel HaMizrachi 3rd October 8, 1951 – December 24, 1952 Yosef Sapir 1 General Zionists 4th December 24, 1952 – December 29, 1953 Yosef Serlin 1 General Zionists 4th, 5th December 12, 1953 – June 29, 1955 Dov Yosef Mapai 6th June 29, 1955 – November 3, 1955 Yisrael Barzilai Mapam 7th, 8th, 9th November 3, 1955 – November 2, 1961 Haim-Moshe Shapira National Religious Party 10th, 11th, 12th November 2, 1961 – January 12, 1966 Yisrael Barzilai Not an MK 2 13th, 14th January 12, 1966 – December 15, 1969 Haim Gvati Alignment 15th December 22, 1969 – July 27, 1970 Victor Shem-Tov Not an MK 3 15th, 16th, 17th July 27, 1970 – June 20, 1977 Eliezer Shostak Likud 18th, 19th, 20th June 20, 1977 – September 13, 1984 Mordechai Gur Alignment 21st September 13, 1984 – October 20, 1986 Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Alignment 22nd October 20, 1986 – December 22, 1988 Ya'akov Tzur Alignment 23rd December 22, 1988 – March 15, 1990 Ehud Olmert Likud 24th June 11, 1990 – July 13, 1992 Haim Ramon Labor Party 25th July 13, 1992 – February 8, 1994 Yitzhak Rabin 4 Labor Party 25th February 8, 1994 – June 1, 1994 Efraim Sneh Labor Party 25th, 26th June 1, 1994 – June 18, 1996 Tzachi Hanegbi Likud 27th June 18, 1996 – November 12, 1996 Yehoshua Matza Likud 27th November 12, 1996 – July 6, 1999 Shlomo Benizri Shas 28th July 6, 1999 – July 11, 2000 Roni Milo Centre Party 28th August 10, 2000 – March 7, 2001 Nissim Dahan Shas 29th March 7, 2001 – May 23, 2002 Ariel Sharon 4 Likud 29th May 23, 2002 – June 3, 2002 Nissim Dahan Shas 29th June 3, 2002 – February 28, 2003 Dan Naveh Likud 30th February 28, 2003 – January 14, 2006 Yaakov Edri Kadima 30th January 18, 2006 – May 4, 2006 Yaakov Ben-Yezri Gil 31st May 4, 2006 – March 31, 2009 Binyamin Netanyahu4 Likud 32nd March 31, 2009 – 1 Sapir and Serlin swapped ministerial portfolios; Serlin became Minister of Transportation.
2 Although Barzilai was not an MK at the time, he was a member of Mapam.
3 Although Shem-Tov was not an MK at the time, he was a member of the Alignment.
4 Also serving Prime Minister.
Deputy Ministers
Minister Party Government(s) Dates in Office Yitzhak Rafael National Religious Party 10th, 11th, 12th November 2, 1961 – March 22, 1965 Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir National Religious Party 12th March 24, 1965 – January 12, 1966 Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi Alignment 15th May 24, 1971 – March 10, 1974 Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Alignment 21st September 24, 1984 – October 20, 1986 Eliezer Mizrahi Agudat Israel, Geulat Israel 24th June 25, 1990 – July 13, 1992 Nawaf Massalha Labor Party 25th, 26th August 4, 1992 – June 18, 1996 Shlomo Benizri Shas 27th August 13, 1996 – July 6, 1999 Ya'akov Litzman United Torah Judaism 32nd April 1, 2009 – External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Health Knesset website
Health Ministers of Israel 
Shapira (1948-51) · Burg (1951-52) · Sapir (1952-53) · Serlin (1953-55) · Yosef (1955) · Barzilai (1955-61) · Shapira (1961-66) · Barzilai (1966-69) · Gvati (1969-70) · Shem-Tov (1970-77) · Shostak (1977-84) · Gur (1984-86) · Arbeli-Almozlino (1986-88) · Tzur (1988-90) · Olmert (1990-92) · Ramon (1992-94) · Rabin (1994) · Sneh (1994-96) · Hanegbi (1996) · Matza (1996-99) · Benizri (1999-2000) · Milo (2000-01) · Dahan (2001-02) · Sharon (2002) · Dahan (2002-03) · Naveh (2003-06) · Edri (2006) · Ben-Yezri (2006-09) · Netanyahu (2009-)
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 & SupplyCategories:- Government ministers of Israel
- Government ministries of Israel
- Lists of government ministers of Israel
- Health ministers
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