The Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy (Hebrew: שר המופקד על שירותי המודיעין והוועדה לאנרגיה אטומית) is the political head of the Israeli Intelligence community, although authority is shared with the Prime Minister's office. Established on 6 May 2009, the minister is involved with intelligence matters, although none of the country's intelligence authorities are subordinate to the ministry;[citation needed]Shin Bet, and Mossad are subordinate to the Prime Minister's office,[citation needed] and the Military Intelligence Directorate operates under the Israel Defense Forces and the Minister of Defense.[citation needed] An additional intelligence body, the Center for Political Research, operates under the Foreign Ministry.
