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The Ministry of Energy (Hebrew : משרד האנרגיה ) is the Israeli government ministry responsible for energy and water infrastructure. The ministry has changed names several times since its establishment.
The ministerial post was established in 1977, succeeding the position of Development Ministry , which had been scrapped three years earlier.
The Ministry of Energy has been called the following names:
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (משרד האנרגיה והתשתיות) – 1977–1996
Ministry of National Infrastructures (משרד התשתיות הלאומיות) – 1996–2011
Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (משרד האנרגיה והמים) – 2011–2013
Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water (משרד התשתיות הלאומיות, האנרגיה והמים) – 2013–2017
Ministry of Energy (משרד האנרגיה) – 2017–
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Minister
Party
Governments
Term start
Term end
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
1
Yitzhak Moda'i Likud 18
June 20, 1977
August 5, 1981
2
Yitzhak Berman Likud 19
August 5, 1981
September 30, 1982
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Yitzhak Moda'i Likud 19–20
October 19, 1982
September 13, 1984
3
Moshe Shahal Alignment 21–23
September 13, 1984
March 15, 1990
4
Yuval Ne'eman Tehiya 24
June 11, 1990
January 21, 1992
5
Yitzhak Shamir Likud 24
January 21, 1992
July 13, 1992
6
Amnon Rubinstein Meretz 25
July 13, 1992
June 7, 1993
–
Moshe Shahal Labor Party 25
July 13, 1992
January 9, 1995
7
Gonen Segev Yiud 25, 26
January 9, 1995
June 18, 1996
Minister of National Infrastructure
8
Yitzhak Levy National Religious Party 27
June 18, 1996
July 8, 1996
9
Ariel Sharon Likud 27
July 8, 1996
July 6, 1999
10
Eli Suissa Shas 28
July 6, 1999
July 11, 2000
11
Avraham Shochat One Israel 28
October 11, 2000
March 7, 2001
12
Avigdor Lieberman Yisrael Beiteinu 29
March 7, 2001
March 14, 2002
13
Effi Eitam National Religious Party 29
September 18, 2002
February 28, 2003
14
Yosef Paritzky Shinui 30
February 28, 2003
July 13, 2004
15
Eliezer Sandberg Shinui 30
July 19, 2004
December 4, 2004
16
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Labor Party 30
January 10, 2005
November 23, 2005
17
Roni Bar-On Kadima 30
January 18, 2006
May 4, 2006
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Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Labor Party 31
May 4, 2006
March 31, 2009
Minister of Energy and Water
18
Uzi Landau Yisrael Beiteinu 32
31 March 2009
18 March 2013
Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water
19
Silvan Shalom Likud 33 18 March 2013
14 May 2015
20
Yuval Steinitz Likud 34 , 35 14 May 2015
13 June 2021
21
Karine Elharrar Yesh Atid 36 13 June 2021
29 December 2022
22
Israel Katz Likud 37 29 December 2022
1 January 2024
23
Eli Cohen Likud 37 1 January 2024
