Ministry of Public Security (Israel)

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The Ministry of Public Security (Hebrew: המשרד לביטחון הפנים‎, Arabic: وزارة الأمن الداخلي‎), also Ministry of Internal Security, is a government agency of Israel. It is the statewide law enforcement agency and oversees the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service.

Minister of Public Security

The Minister of Public Security (Hebrew: שר לביטחון פנים‎, Sar LeVitahon Pnim) is the political head of the ministry. Until 1995 the position was known as Minister of Police (Hebrew: שר המשטרה‎, Sar HaMishtara). It should not be confused with the Minister of Internal Affairs.

The first Minister of Police, Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, was a former policeman, and served in the position from Israeli independence in May 1948 until a month before his death in January 1967, serving in fourteen governments and making him the country's longest continually serving minister.

The post was abolished after Menachem Begin became Prime Minister in 1977, but was reinstated in 1984 when Shimon Peres became PM.

There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Public Security.

List of ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	Sephardim & Oriental Communities, Mapai, Labour Alignment	Provisional, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th	May 14, 1948 – January 2, 1967
Eliyahu Sasson	Alignment	13th, 14th	January 2, 1967 – December 15, 1969
Shlomo Hillel	Alignment	15th, 16th, 17th	December 15, 1969 – June 20, 1977
Haim Bar-Lev	Alignment	21st, 22nd, 23rd	September 13, 1984 – March 15, 1990
Roni Milo	Likud	24th	June 11, 1990 – July 13, 1992
Moshe Shahal	Labour	25th, 26th	July 13, 1992 – June 18, 1996
Avigdor Kahalani	Third Way	27th	June 18, 1996 – July 6, 1999
Shlomo Ben-Ami	One Israel	28th	July 6, 1999 – March 7, 2001
Uzi Landau	Likud	29th	March 7, 2001 – February 28, 2003
Tzachi Hanegbi	Likud	30th	February 28, 2003 – September 6, 2004
Gideon Ezra	Likud, Kadima	30th	September 6, 2004 – May 4, 2006 1
Avi Dichter	Kadima	31st	May 4, 2006 – April 1, 2009
Yitzhak Aharonovich	Yisrael Beiteinu	32nd	April 1, 2009 – present

¹ Ezra was initially appointed as Acting Minister, with his position confirmed as permanent on 29 November 2004.

List of deputy ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Gideon Ezra	Likud	29th	March 7, 2001 – February 28, 2003
Yaakov Edri	Likud, Kadima	30th	March 10, 2003 – January 18, 2006

External links

	Israel portal
	Law enforcement portal

• Official website (English)
• Official website (Hebrew)
• Official website (Arabic)
• All Ministers in the Ministry of Police (Internal Security) Knesset website