TRANSPORTATION MINISTER OF ISRAEL


The 'Transportation Minister of Israel' (currently styled as the 'Minister of Transportation and Road Safety' (, ''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. Shaul Mofaz of Kadima, a former Minister of Defense 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.

Contents
List of Transportation Ministers
Deputy Ministers
External link

List of Transportation Ministers


MinisterPartyGovernment(s)Dates in Office
David RemezMapaiProvisional, 1st14/5/1948 - 1/11/1950
Dov YosefMapai2nd1/11/1950 - 8/10/1951
David-Zvi Pinkas 1Mizrahi3rd8/10/1951 - 14/8/1952
David Ben-Gurion 2Mapai3rd14/8/1952 - 24/12/1952
Yosef SerlinGeneral Zionists4th24/12/1952 - 29/12/1953
Yosef SapirGeneral Zionists4th, 5th29/12/1953 - 29/6/1955
Zalman AranMapai6th29/6/1955 - 3/11/1955
Moshe Carmel 3Labour Unity7th, 8th3/11/1955 - 17/12/1959
Yitzhak Ben-AharonLabour Unity9th, 10th17/12/1959 - 28/5/1962
Israel Bar-Yehuda 1Labour Unity10th, 11th, 12th28/5/1962 - 4/5/1965
Moshe Carmel 4Labour Unity/Alignment12th, 13th, 14th30/5/1965 - 15/12/1969
Ezer Weizman 5Alignment15th15/12/1969 - 6/8/1970
Shimon PeresAlignment15th1/9/1970 - 10/3/1974
Aharon YarivAlignment16th10/3/1974 - 3/6/1974
Gad YaacobiAlignment17th3/6/1974 - 20/6/1977
Menahem Begin 2Likud18th20/6/1977 - 24/10/1977
Meir AmitDash18th20/6/1977 - 15/9/1978
Haim Landau 5Likud18th15/1/1979 - 5/8/1981
Haim CorfoLikud19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd5/8/1981 - 22/12/1988
Moshe KatsavLikud23rd, 24th22/12/1988 - 13/7/1992
Israel KessarLabour25th, 26th13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996
Yitzhak LevyNational Religious Party27th18/6/1996 - 25/2/1998
Shaul YahalomNational Religious Party27th25/2/1998 - 6/7/1999
Yitzhak MordechaiCentre Party28th6/7/1999 - 30/5/2000
Amnon Lipkin-ShahakCentre Party28th11/10/2000 - 7/3/2001
Ephraim SnehLabour29th7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002
Ariel Sharon 2Likud29th2/11/2002 - 15/12/2002
Tzachi HanegbiLikud29th15/12/2002 - 28/2/2003
Avigdor LiebermanNational Union30th28/2/2003 - 6/6/2004
Meir SheetritLikud30th31/8/2004 - 4/5/2006
Shaul MofazKadima31st4/5/2006 - 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

MinisterPartyGovernment(s)Dates in Office
Reuven SheriMapai2nd2/4/1951 - 8/10/1951
Gad YaacobiAlignment15th2/11/1972 - 10/3/1974
David Shiffman 1Likud19th11/8/1981 - 18/10/1982
Pinhas GoldsteinNew Liberal Party24th2/7/1990 - 20/11/1990
Efraim GurUnity for Peace and Immigration/Likud24th20/11/1990 - 13/7/1992
Avraham YehezkelLabour29th7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002
Sofa LandverLabour29th12/8/2002 - 2/11/2002
Shmuel HalpertAgudat Israel30th30/3/2005 - 4/5/2006

1 Died in office

External link



★ List of Transportation Minister on the Knesset website (in English)

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