Ministry of Energy (Israel)
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.
| משרד התשתיות הלאומיות, האנרגיה והמים | |
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 Emblem of Israel | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1977 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Israel |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | www |
The ministerial post was established in 1977, succeeding the position of Development Ministry, which had been scrapped three years earlier.
Names
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–
List of ministers
| # | 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 | |
| – | 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 | Amnon Rubinstein | Meretz | 25 | July 13, 1992 | June 7, 1993 | |
| – | Moshe Shahal | Labor Party | 25 | July 13, 1992 | January 9, 1995 | |
| 6 | Gonen Segev | Yiud | 25, 26 | January 9, 1995 | June 18, 1996 | |
| Minister of National Infrastructure | ||||||
| 7 | Yitzhak Levy | National Religious Party | 27 | June 18, 1996 | July 8, 1996 | |
| 8 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 27 | July 8, 1996 | July 6, 1999 | |
| 9 | Eli Suissa | Shas | 28 | July 6, 1999 | July 11, 2000 | |
| 10 | Avraham Shochat | One Israel | 28 | October 11, 2000 | March 7, 2001 | |
| 11 | Avigdor Lieberman | Yisrael Beiteinu | 29 | March 7, 2001 | March 14, 2002 | |
| 12 | Effi Eitam | National Religious Party | 29 | September 18, 2002 | February 28, 2003 | |
| 13 | Yosef Paritzky | Shinui | 30 | February 28, 2003 | July 13, 2004 | |
| 14 | Eliezer Sandberg | Shinui | 30 | July 19, 2004 | December 4, 2004 | |
| 15 | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Labor Party | 30 | January 10, 2005 | November 23, 2005 | |
| 16 | Roni Bar-On | Kadima | 30 | January 18, 2006 | May 4, 2006 | |
| – | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Labor Party | 31 | May 4, 2006 | March 31, 2009 | |
| Minister of Energy and Water | ||||||
| 17 | Uzi Landau | Yisrael Beiteinu | 32 | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | |
| Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water | ||||||
| 18 | Silvan Shalom | Likud | 33 | 18 March 2013 | 14 May 2015 | |
| 19 | Yuval Steinitz | Likud | 34, 35 | 14 May 2015 | 13 June 2021 | |
| 20 | Karine Elharrar | Yesh Atid | 36 | 13 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | |
| 21 | Israel Katz | Likud | 37 | 29 December 2022 | ||
Deputy ministers
| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naomi Blumenthal | Likud | 29 | 7 March 2001 | 1 January 2003 |
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