Ministry of Health (Israel)

The Ministry of Health building on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.

Israel Ministry of Health ( Hebrew משרד הבריאות, Misrad HaBri'ut ) is in charge of health policy and responsible for health care through Kupat Cholim Me'uchedet ( Hebrew קופת חולים מאוחדת), the third largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).

List of ministers

minister	Political party	government	Term of office	footnote
Chaim Mosque Shapira	HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet , HaPo'el haMisrachi	1st, 2nd	May 14, 1948 - October 8, 1951
Josef Castle	HaPo'el haMisrachi	3.	Oct 8, 1951 - Dec 24, 1952
Joseph Sapir	General Zionists	4th	Dec. 24 , 1952 - Dec. 29, 1953
Josef Serlin	General Zionists	4th, 5th	Dec. 29, 1953 - June 29, 1955
Dov Josef	Mapai	6th	June 29, 1955 - Nov. 3, 1955
Jolek Eisenberg	Mapam	7th, 8th, 9th	Nov 3, 1955-2 Nov. 1961
Chaim Mosque Shapira	National Religious Party	10th, 11th, 12th	Nov 2, 1961 - Jan 12, 1966
Jolek Eisenberg	independent	13., 14.	Jan 12, 1966 - Dec 15, 1969
Chaim Gwati	HaMa'arach	15th	Dec 22, 1969-27 July 1970
Viktor Schem-Tov	independent	15th, 16th, 17th	July 27, 1970 - June 20, 1977
Eliezer Shostak	Likud	18., 19., 20.	June 20, 1977– Sep 13 1984
Mordechai Gur	HaMa'arach	21st	13 Sep 1984-20 Oct 1986
Schoschana Arbeli-Almoslino	HaMa'arach	22nd	Oct. 20 , 1986 - Dec. 22, 1988
Ja'akov Zur	HaMa'arach	23.	Dec 22, 1988 - March 15, 1990
Ehud Olmert	Likud	24.	June 11, 1990– July 13, 1992
Chaim Ramon	Avoda	25th	July 13, 1992 - Feb. 8, 1994
Yitzhak Rabin	Avoda	25th	Feb. 8 , 1994 - June 1, 1994
Ephraim Sneh	Avoda	25., 26.	June 1, 1994– June 18, 1996
Zachi Ha-Negbi	Likud	27.	June 18, 1996 - Nov. 12, 1996
Joshua Maza	Likud	27.	Nov 12, 1996 - July 6, 1999
Shlomo Benisri	Schas	28.	July 6, 1999 - July 11, 2000
Roni Milo	Mifleget ha-Merkas	28.	Aug 10, 2000 - March 7, 2001
Nissim Dahan	Schas	29	March 7, 2001 - May 23, 2002
Ariel Sharon	Likud	29	May 23 , 2002 - June 3, 2002
Nissim Dahan	Schas	29	June 3, 2002 - Feb. 28, 2003
Dan Nave	Likud	30th	Feb 28, 2003– Jan 14, 2006
Jacob Edery	Kadima	30th	Jan 18 , 2006 - May 4, 2006
Jacob Ben-Jesri	Gil	31.	May 4, 2006 - March 31, 2009
Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	32.	March 31, 2009 - March 18, 2013
Ja'el German	Yesh Atid	33.	March 18, 2013 - May 14, 2015
Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	34.	May 14, 2015 - Aug 27, 2015
Yaakov Litzman	Agudat Jisra'el	34.	27 Aug 2015 - 28 Nov 2017
Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	34.	Nov 28, 2017 - Dec 29, 2019
Yaakov Litzman	Agudat Jisra'el	34.	December 29, 2019 - May 17, 2020
July-Joel Edelstein	Likud	35.	since May 17, 2020

Deputy Minister

minister	Political party	government	Term of office
Yitzchak Rafa'el	National Religious Party	10th, 11th, 12th	Nov. 2 , 1961 - March 22, 1965
Shlomo Jisra'el Ben Me'ir	National Religious Party	12.	March 24, 1965– Jan 12, 1966
Abd al-Aziz az-Zubi	HaMa'arach	15th	May 24, 1971 - March 10, 1974
Schoschana Arbeli-Almoslino	HaMa'arach	21st	Sep 24 1984-20 Oct 1986
Eliezer Misrachi	Agudat Jisra'el , Ge'ulat Jisra'el	24.	June 25, 1990– July 13, 1992
Nawaf Massalcha	Avoda	25., 26.	Aug 4, 1992 - June 18, 1996
Shlomo Benisri	Schas	27.	Aug 13, 1996 - July 6, 1999
Yaakov Litzman	United Torah Judaism	32.	April 1, 2009 - March 18, 2013
Zachi Ha-Negbi	Likud	33.	Dec. 24, 2014– May 14, 2015
Yaakov Litzman	United Torah Judaism	34.	May 19, 2015 - Sept. 2, 2015
Yaakov Litzman	United Torah Judaism	34.	Jan 10, 2018 - Dec 29, 2019
Yoav Kish	Likud	35.	since May 25, 2020

Web links

• Official website

Footnotes

1. ↑ Ministry of Health ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ The Israeli Health Care System
3. ^ Health Services in Israel ( Memento November 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )