Transportation Minister of Israel
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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
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
External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Transportation Knesset website Template:En icon