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The Transportation Minister of Israel (currently styled as the Minister of Transportation and Road Safety (Hebrew: שר התחבורה והבטיחות בדרכים, Sar HaTakhbura veHaBetikhut BeDerekhim)) is the government minister at the head of the Transportation Ministry in Israel. A relatively minor post in the Israeli cabinet, it is often given to smaller parties in the governing coalitions. Nevertheless, there has been a Transportation Minister in every Israeli government to date. Yisrael Katz of Likud is the incumbent.

Three Prime Ministers (David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon) have held the Transportation portfolio whilst in office, though only for a short time, whilst three Transportation Ministers (Ezer Weizman, Moshe Katsav and Shimon Peres) have gone on to become President.

There is also occasionally a Deputy Minster of Transportation.

List of Transportation Ministers

Minister Party Government(s) Dates in Office
David Remez Mapai Provisional, 1st 14/5/1948 - 1/11/1950
Dov Yosef Mapai 2nd 1/11/1950 - 8/10/1951
David-Zvi Pinkas 1 Mizrachi 3rd 8/10/1951 - 14/8/1952
David Ben-Gurion 2 Mapai 3rd 14/8/1952 - 24/12/1952
Yosef Serlin General Zionists 4th 24/12/1952 - 29/12/1953
Yosef Sapir General Zionists 4th, 5th 29/12/1953 - 29/6/1955
Zalman Aran Mapai 6th 29/6/1955 - 3/11/1955
Moshe Carmel 3 Ahdut HaAvoda 7th, 8th 3/11/1955 - 17/12/1959
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Ahdut HaAvoda 9th, 10th 17/12/1959 - 28/5/1962
Israel Bar-Yehuda 1 Ahdut HaAvoda 10th, 11th, 12th 28/5/1962 - 4/5/1965
Moshe Carmel 4 Ahdut HaAvoda/Alignment 12th, 13th, 14th 30/5/1965 - 15/12/1969
Ezer Weizman 5 Alignment 15th 15/12/1969 - 6/8/1970
Shimon Peres Alignment 15th 1/9/1970 - 10/3/1974
Aharon Yariv Alignment 16th 10/3/1974 - 3/6/1974
Gad Yaacobi Alignment 17th 3/6/1974 - 20/6/1977
Menahem Begin 2 Likud 18th 20/6/1977 - 24/10/1977
Meir Amit Dash 18th 20/6/1977 - 15/9/1978
Haim Landau 5 Likud 18th 15/1/1979 - 5/8/1981
Haim Corfo Likud 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd 5/8/1981 - 22/12/1988
Moshe Katsav Likud 23rd, 24th 22/12/1988 - 13/7/1992
Israel Kessar Labour 25th, 26th 13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996
Yitzhak Levy National Religious Party 27th 18/6/1996 - 25/2/1998
Shaul Yahalom National Religious Party 27th 25/2/1998 - 6/7/1999
Yitzhak Mordechai Centre Party 28th 6/7/1999 - 30/5/2000
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak Centre Party 28th 11/10/2000 - 7/3/2001
Ephraim Sneh Labour 29th 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002
Ariel Sharon 2 Likud 29th 2/11/2002 - 15/12/2002
Tzachi Hanegbi Likud 29th 15/12/2002 - 28/2/2003
Avigdor Lieberman National Union 30th 28/2/2003 - 6/6/2004
Meir Sheetrit Likud 30th 31/8/2004 - 4/5/2006
Shaul Mofaz Kadima 31st 4/5/2006 - 31/3/2009
Yisrael Katz Likud 32nd 31/3/2009 - present

1 Died in office

2 Also serving Prime Minister

3 Not an MK until 9/6/1958

4 Not an MK after 17/3/1969

5 Not an MK

Deputy Ministers

Minister Party Government(s) Dates in Office
Reuven Sheri Mapai 2nd 2/4/1951 - 8/10/1951
Gad Yaacobi Alignment 15th 2/11/1972 - 10/3/1974
David Shiffman 1 Likud 19th 11/8/1981 - 18/10/1982
Pinhas Goldstein New Liberal Party 24th 2/7/1990 - 20/11/1990
Efraim Gur Unity for Peace and Immigration/Likud 24th 20/11/1990 - 13/7/1992
Avraham Yehezkel Labour 29th 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002
Sofa Landver Labour 29th 12/8/2002 - 2/11/2002
Shmuel Halpert Agudat Israel 30th 30/3/2005 - 4/5/2006

1 Died in office

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