Ministry of Communications

• Name — Ministry of Communications • Formed — 1952 • Jurisdiction — Government of Israel • Minister1 Name — Shlomo Karhi • Website — http: www.moc.gov.il/ • Native Name — משרד התקשורת

The Communications Minister of Israel (Sar HaTikshoret) is the political head of the ministry. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister. • # — Minister — Party — Governments — Term start — Term end — Notes • Minister of Postal Services • 1 — Mordechai Nurock — Mizrachi — 3 — 1952 11 3 — 1952 12 24 • 2 — Yosef Burg — Hapoel HaMizrachi National Religious Party — 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 — 1952 12 24 — 1958 7 1 • 3 — Yisrael Barzilai — Mapam — 8 — 1958 11 24 — 1959 12 17 • 4 — Binyamin Mintz — Poalei Agudat Yisrael — 9 — 1960 7 17 — 1961 05 30 — Died in office • 5 — Eliyahu Sasson — Alignment — 10, 11, 12, 13 — 1961 11 2 — 1967 1 2 — Not an MK until after the 1965 elections • 6 — Yisrael Yeshayahu — Alignment — 13, 14 — 1967 1 2 — 1969 12 15 • 7 — Elimelekh Rimalt — Gahal — 15 — 1969 12 15 — 1970 8 6 • Minister of Communications • 8 — Shimon Peres — Alignment — 15 — 1970 9 1 — 1974 3 10 • 9 — Aharon Uzan — Not an MK — 16 — 1974 3 10 — 1974 6 3 • 10 — Yitzhak Rabin — Alignment — 17 — 1974 6 3 — 1975 3 20 • – — Aharon Uzan — Not an MK — 17 — 1975 3 20 — 1977 6 20 • 11 — Menachem Begin — Likud — 18 — 1977 6 20 — 1977 10 24 • 12 — Meir Amit — Dash — 18 — 1977 6 20 — 1978 9 15 • 13 — Yitzhak Moda'i — Likud — 18 — 1979 1 15 — 1980 12 22 • 14 — Yoram Aridor — Likud — 18 — 1981 1 5 — 1981 8 5 • 15 — Mordechai Tzipori — Likud — 19, 20 — 1981 8 5 — 1984 9 13 • 16 — Amnon Rubinstein — Shinui — 21, 22 — 1984 9 13 — 1987 5 26 • 17 — Gad Yaacobi — Alignment — 22, 23 — 1987 6 9 — 1990 3 15 • 18 — Rafael Pinhasi — Shas — 24 — 1990 6 11 — 1992 7 13 • 19 — Moshe Shahal — Labor Party — 25 — 1992 7 13 — 1993 6 7 • 20 — Shulamit Aloni — Meretz — 25, 26 — 1993 6 7 — 1996 6 18 • 21 — Limor Livnat — Likud — 27 — 1996 6 18 — 1999 7 6 • 22 — Binyamin Ben-Eliezer — One Israel — 28 — 1999 7 6 — 2001 3 7 • 23 — Reuven Rivlin — Likud — 29 — 2001 3 7 — 2003 2 28 • 24 — Ariel Sharon — Likud — 30 — 2003 2 28 — 2003 8 17 • 25 — Ehud Olmert — Likud — 30 — 2003 9 29 — 2005 1 10 • 26 — Dalia Itzik — Labor Party — 30 — 2005 1 10 — 2005 11 23 • 27 — Avraham Hirschson — Kadima — 30 — 2006 1 18 — 2006 5 4 • 28 — Ariel Atias — Shas — 31 — 2006 5 4 — 2009 3 31 • 29 — Moshe Kahlon — Likud — 32 — 31 March 2009 — 18 March 2013 • 30 — Gilad Erdan — Likud — 33 — 18 March 2013 — 5 November 2014 • 31 — Benjamin Netanyahu — Likud — 33, 34 — 5 November 2014 — 21 February 2017 — Also serving prime minister • 32 — Tzachi Hanegbi — Likud — 34 — 21 February 2017 — 29 May 2017 — Acting Minister • 33 — Ayoob Kara — Likud — 34 — 2017 5 29 — 2019 6 24 • 34 — Dudi Amsalem — Likud — 34 — 2019 7 1 — 2020 5 17 • 35 — Yoaz Hendel — Derekh Eretz — 35 — 2020 5 17 — 2020 12 16 • 36 — Eitan Ginzburg — Blue and White — 35 — 2021 05 03 — 2021 06 13 • 37 — Yoaz Hendel — New Hope — 36 — 2021 06 13 — 2022 12 29 • 38 — Shlomo Karhi — Likud — 37 — 2022 12 29

• # — Minister — Party — Governments — Term start — Term end • 1 — Jabr Muadi — Progress and Development, Alignment — 15, 16, 17 — 1971 10 27 — 1975 3 24 • 2 — Eliyahu Moyal — Alignment — 17 — 1975 3 24 — 1977 6 20 • 3 — Efraim Gur — Alignment — 24 — 1990 7 2 — 1990 11 20 • 4 — Yitzhak Vaknin — Shas — 28 — 1999 8 5 — 2000 7 11