Ministry of Justice (Israel)

The Justice Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר המשפטים, Sar HaMishpatim) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice and a position in the Israeli cabinet. The current minister is Daniel Friedmann, 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	14/5/1948 - 8/10/1951
Dov Yosef	Mapai	3	8/10/1951 - 25/6/1952
Haim Cohen	Not an MK	3	25/6/1952 - 24/12/1952
Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	4, 5, 6, 7	24/12/1952 - 13/2/1956
David Ben-Gurion	Mapai	7	13/2/1956 - 7/1/1958
Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	8, 9	7/1/1958 - 2/11/1961
Dov Yosef	Mapai	10, 11, 12	2/11/1961 - 12/1/1966
Yaakov Shimshon Shapira	Mapai	13, 14, 15	12/1/1966 - 13/6/1972 12/9/1972 - 1/11/1973
Haim Yosef Zadok	Alignment	16, 17	10/3/1974 - 20/6/1977
Menachem Begin	Likud	18	20/6/1977 - 24/10/1977
Shmuel Tamir	Dash	18	20/6/1977 - 5/8/1980
Moshe Nissim	Likud	18, 19, 20, 21	13/8/1980 - 16/4/1986
Yitzhak Moda'i	Likud	21	16/4/1986 - 23/7/1986
Avraham Sharir	Likud	21, 22	30/7/1986 - 22/12/1988
Dan Meridor	Likud	23, 24	22/12/1988 - 13/7/1992
David Libai	Labour	25, 26	13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996
Ya'akov Ne'eman	Not an MK	27	18/6/1996 - 10/8/1996
Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	27	18/6/1996 - 4/9/1996
Tzachi Hanegbi	Likud	27	4/9/1996 - 6/7/1999
Yossi Beilin	One Israel	28	6/7/1999 - 7/3/2001
Meir Sheetrit	Likud	29	7/3/2001 - 28/2/2003
Tomy Lapid	Shinui	30	28/2/2003 - 4/12/2004
Tzipi Livni	Likud, Kadima	30	5/12/2004 - 4/5/2006
Haim Ramon	Kadima	31	4/5/2006 - 22/8/2006
Meir Sheetrit	Kadima	31	23/8/2006 - 29/11/2006
Tzipi Livni	Kadima	31	29/11/2006 - 7/2/2007
Daniel Friedmann	Not an MK	31	7/2/2007 - present

External links

• All Ministers in the Ministry of Justice Knesset website