Finance Minister of Israel
Appearance
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List of the Israeli finance ministers
# | Name | Born - Died | Government | Term started | Term ended | Political Party |
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1. | Eliezer Kaplan | 1891 - 1952 | Provisional, 1, 2, 3 | 14 May 1948 | 25 June 1952 | Mapai |
2. | Levi Eshkol | 25 October 1895 - 26 February 1969 | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | 25 June 1952 | 26 June 1963 | Mapai |
3. | Pinchas Sapir | 15 October 1906 - 12 August 1975 | 11, 12, 13 | 26 June 1963 | 5 August 1968 | Mapai, Alignment |
4. | Ze'ev Sherf | 1906 - 1984 | 13, 14 | 5 August 1968 | 15 December 1969 | Labour |
Second Term | Pinchas Sapir | 15 October 1906 - 12 August 1975 | 15, 16 | 15 December 1969 | 3 June 1974 | Alignment |
5. | Yehoshua Rabinovitz | 1911 - 4 August 1979 | 17 | 3 June 1974 | 20 June 1977 | Alignment |
6. | Simha Erlich | 1915 - 19 June 1983 | 18 | 20 June 1977 | 7 November 1979 | Likud |
7. | Yigal Hurvitz | 1918 - 10 January 1994 | 18 | 7 November 1979 | 13 January 1981 | Likud |
8. | Yoram Aridor | 24 October 1933 - | 18, 19, 20 | 21 January 1981 | 15 October 1983 | Likud |
9. | Yigal Cohen-Orgad | 30 August 1937 | 20 | 18 October 1983 | 13 September 1984 | Likud |
10. | Yitzhak Moda'i | 17 January 1926 - 14 May 1948 | 21 | 13 September 1984 | 16 April 1986 | Likud |
11. | Moshe Nissim | 1935 - | 21, 22 | 16 April 1986 | 22 December 1988 | Likud |
12. | Shimon Peres | 2 August 1923 - | 23 | 22 December 1988 | 15 March 1990 | Alignment |
13. | Yitzhak Shamir | 15 October 1915 - | 23 | 15 March 1990 | 11 June 1990 | Likud |
Second Term | Yitzhak Moda'i | 17 January 1926 - 14 May 1998 | 24 | 11 June 1990 | 13 July 1992 | New Liberal Party |
14. | Avraham Shohat | 14 June 1936 - | 25, 26 | 13 July 1992 | 18 June 1996 | Labour |
15. | Dan Meridor | 23 April 1947 - | 27 | 18 June 1996 | 20 June 1997 | Likud |
16. | Benjamin Netanyahu | 21 October 1949 - | 27 | 20 June 1997 | 9 July 1997 | Likud |
17. | Ya'akov Ne'eman | 16 September 1939 - | 27 | 9 July 1997 | 18 December 1998 | - |
second term | Benjamin Netanyahu | 21 October 1949 - | 27 | 18 December 1998 | 23 February 1999 | Likud |
18. | Meir Sheetrit | 10 October 1948 - | 27 | 23 February 1998 | 6 July 1999 | Likud |
second term | Avraham Shohat | 14 June 1936 - | 28 | 6 July 1999 | 7 March 2001 | Labour |
19. | Silvan Shalom | 4 August 1958 - | 29 | 7 March 2001 | 28 February 2003 | Likud |
third term | Benjamin Netanyahu | 21 October 1949 - | 30 | 28 February 2003 | 9 August 2005 | Likud |
Interim minister | Ehud Olmert | 30 September 1945 - | 30 | 9 August 2005 | 7 November 2005 | Likud |
20. | Ehud Olmert | 30 September 1945 - | 30 | 7 November 2005 | 4 May 2006 | Likud, Kadima |
21. | Avraham Hirschson | 11 February 1941 - | 31 | 4 May 2006 | 22 April 2007 | Kadima |
second term | Ehud Olmert | 30 September 1945 - | 31 | 22 April 2007 | 4 July 2007 | Kadima |
22. | Roni Bar-On | 2 June 1948 - | 31 | 4 July 2007 | 31 March 2009 | Kadima |
23. | Yuval Steinitz | 10 April 1958 - | 32 | 31 March 2009 | Present | Likud |