Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel)
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The Agriculture Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר החקלאות, Sar HaHakla'ut; Arabic: وزير الزراعة) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. Since 1992 the full title of the position has been the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Hebrew: שר החקלאות ופיתוח הכפר, Sar HaHakla'ut vePituah HaKfar; Arabic: وزير الزراعة وتطوير القرية), the Development Ministry having been abolished in 1974. The current minister is Shalom Simhon of the Labor Party. The holder of the post oversees the country's agricultural industry.
Two serving Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin and Ehud Barak; Begin following the death of the incumbent, and Barak following the resignation of the former minister's party from his coalition.
There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Agriculture.
List of Agriculture ministers
| Minister | Party | Governments | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aharon Zisling | Mapam | Provisional | 14/5/1948 - 10/3/1949 |
| Dov Yosef | Mapai | 1 | 1/6/1949 - 1/11/1950 |
| Pinhas Lavon | Mapai | 2 | 1/11/1950 - 8/10-1951 |
| Levi Eshkol | Mapai | 3 | 8/10/1951 - 25/6/1952 |
| Peretz Naftali | Mapai | 3, 4, 5, 6 | 25/6/1952 - 3/11/1955 |
| Kadish Luz | Mapai | 7, 8 | 3/11/1955 - 17/12/1959 |
| Moshe Dayan | Mapai | 9, 10, 11 | 17/12/1959 - 4/11/1964 |
| Haim Gvati 1 | Mapai, Alignment | 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 | 9/11/1964 - 3/6/1974 |
| Aharon Uzan ² | Alignment | 17 | 3/6/1974 - 20/6/1977 |
| Ariel Sharon | Likud | 18 | 20/6/1977 - 5/8/1981 |
| Simha Erlich ³ | Likud | 19 | 5/8/1981 - 19/6/1983 |
| Menachem Begin 4 | Likud | 19 | 19/6/1983 - 10/10/1983 |
| Pesah Grupper | Likud | 20 | 10/10/1983 - 13/9/1984 |
| Aryeh Nehemkin | Alignment | 21, 22 | 13/9/1984 - 22/12/1988 |
| Avraham Katz-Oz | Alignment | 23rd | 22/12/1988 - 15/3/1990 |
| Rafael Eitan | Tzomet | 24 | 11/6/1990 - 31/12/1991 |
| Ya'akov Tzur | Labor Party | 25, 26 | 13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996 |
| Rafael Eitan | Tzomet | 27 | 18/6/1996 - 6/7/1999 |
| Haim Oron | Meretz | 28 | 5/8/1999 - 24/6/2000 |
| Ehud Barak 4 | Labor Party | 28 | 24/6/2000 - 7/3/2001 |
| Shalom Simhon | Labor Party | 29 | 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002 |
| Tzipi Livni | Likud | 29 | 17/12/2002 - 28/2/2003 |
| Yisrael Katz | Likud | 30 | 28/02/2003 - 14/1/2006 |
| Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | 30 | 18/1/2006 - 4/5/2006 |
| Shalom Simhon | Labor Party | 31st, 32nd | 4/5/2006 - Present |
1 Gvati was not a Knesset member for large durations of his stint as Agriculture Minister. He was outside the Knesset until 2 November 1965, between 17 January 1966 and 28 October 1969, and after 31 December 1973.
² Not a Knesset Member.
³ Died in office
4 Also serving Prime Minister
Deputy Ministers
| Minister | Party | Governments | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yosef Efrati | Mapai | 3 | 9/7/1952 - 24/12/1952 |
| Ze'ev Tzur | Ahdut HaAvoda | 7, 8 | 5/12/1955 - 17/12/1959 |
| Aharon Uzan | Alignment | 13, 14 | 17/1/1966 - 17/3/1969 |
| Ben-Zion Halfon | Alignment | 15 | 22/12/1969 - 10/3/1974 |
| Jabr Muadi | Alignment, Progress and Development, United Arab List | 17 | 24/3/1975 - 20/6/1977 |
| Pesah Grupper | Likud | 19 | 11/8/1981 - 10/10/1983 |
| Michael Dekel | Likud | 20 | 10/10/1983 - 13/9/1984 |
| Avraham Katz-Oz | Alignment | 21, 22 | 24/9/1984 - 22/12/1988 |
| Walid Haj Yahia | Meretz | 25, 26 | 4/8/1992 - 18/6/1996 |
| Gila Gamliel | Likud | 30 | 30/3/2005 - 14/1/2006 |
External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Agriculture Knesset website
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