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The Justice Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר המשפטים‎, Sar HaMishpatim; Arabic: وزير العدل‎) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice and a position in the Israeli cabinet. The current minister is Ya'akov Ne'eman, an independent who is not a member of the Knesset.

Unlike other ministries, there has never been a Deputy Minister.

List of Justice ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	P, 1, 2	14 May 1948 – 8 October 1951
Dov Yosef	Mapai	3	8 October 1951 – 25 June 1952
Haim Cohn	Not an MK	3	25 June 1952 – 24 December 1952
Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	4, 5, 6, 7	24 December 1952 – 13 February 1956
David Ben-Gurion	Mapai	7	13 February 1956 – 7 January 1958
Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	8, 9	7 January 1958 – 2 November 1961
Dov Yosef	Mapai	10, 11, 12	2 November 1961 – 12 January 1966
Yaakov Shimshon Shapira	Mapai	13, 14, 15	12 January 1966 – 13 June 1972 12 September 1972 – 1 November 1973
Haim Yosef Zadok	Alignment	16, 17	10 March 1974 – 20 June 1977
Menachem Begin	Likud	18	20 June 1977 – 24 October 1977
Shmuel Tamir	Dash	18	20 June 1977 – 5 August 1980
Moshe Nissim	Likud	18, 19, 20, 21	13 August 1980 – 16 April 1986
Yitzhak Moda'i	Likud	21	16 April 1986 – 23 July 1986
Avraham Sharir	Likud	21, 22	30 July 1986 – 22 December 1988
Dan Meridor	Likud	23, 24	22 December 1988 – 13 July 1992
David Libai	Labour	25, 26	13 July 1992 – 18 June 1996
Ya'akov Ne'eman	Not an MK	27	18 June 1996 – 10 August 1996
Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	27	18 June 1996 – 4 September 1996
Tzachi Hanegbi	Likud	27	4 September 1996 – 6 July 1999
Yossi Beilin	One Israel	28	6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001
Meir Sheetrit	Likud	29	7 March 2001 – 28 February 2003
Tomy Lapid	Shinui	30	28 February 2003 – 4 December 2004
Tzipi Livni	Likud, Kadima	30	5 December 2004 – 4 May 2006
Haim Ramon	Kadima	31	4 May 2006 – 22 August 2006
Meir Sheetrit	Kadima	31	23 August 2006 – 29 November 2006
Tzipi Livni	Kadima	31	29 November 2006 – 7 February 2007
Daniel Friedmann	Not an MK	31	7 February 2007 – 31 March 2009
Ya'akov Ne'eman	Not an MK	32	31 March 2009 – present

External links

• All Ministers in the Ministry of Justice Knesset website