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The Communications Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר התקשורת, Sar HaTikshoret) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Communications and a relatively minor position in the Israeli cabinet. The post was established in 1952, and until 1970 was known as the Minister of Postal Services (Hebrew: שר הדואר, Sar HaDo'ar). The current minister is Moshe Kahlon of Likud.
There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.
List of Communications ministers
Minister Party Governments Dates in Office Mordechai Nurock Mizrachi 3 3 November 1952 – 24 December 1952 Yosef Burg Hapoel HaMizrachi
National Religious Party4, 5, 6, 7, 8 24 December 1952 – 1 July 1958 Yisrael Barzilai Mapam 8 24 November 1958 – 17 December 1959 Binyamin Mintz Agudat Israel Workers 9 17 July 1960 – 30 May 1961 1 Eliyahu Sasson Alignment 2 10, 11, 12, 13 2 November 1961 – 2 January 1967 Yisrael Yeshayahu Alignment 13, 14 2 January 1967 – 15 December 1969 Elimelekh Rimalt Gahal 15 15 December 1969 – 6 August 1970 Shimon Peres Alignment 15 1 September 1970 – 10 March 1974 Aharon Uzan Not an MK 16 10 March 1974 – 3 June 1974 Yitzhak Rabin Alignment 17 3 June 1974 – 20 March 1975 Aharon Uzan Not an MK 17 20 March 1975 – 20 June 1977 Menachem Begin Likud 18 20 June 1977 – 24 October 1977 Meir Amit Democratic Movement for Change 18 20 June 1977 – 15 September 1978 Yitzhak Moda'i Likud 18 15 January 1979 – 22 December 1980 Yoram Aridor Likud 18 5 January 1981 – 5 August 1981 Mordechai Tzipori Likud 19, 20 5 August 1981 – 13 September 1984 Amnon Rubinstein Shinui 21, 22 13 September 1984 – 26 May 1987 Gad Yaacobi Alignment 22, 23 9 June 1987 – 15 March 1990 Rafael Pinhasi Shas 24 11 June 1990 – 13 July 1992 Moshe Shahal Labor Party 25 13 July 1992 – 7 June 1993 Shulamit Aloni Meretz 25, 26 7 June 1993 – 18 June 1996 Limor Livnat Likud 27 18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 Binyamin Ben-Eliezer One Israel 28 6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001 Reuven Rivlin Likud 29 7 March 2001 – 28 February 2003 Ariel Sharon Likud 30 28 February 2003 – 17 August 2003 Ehud Olmert Likud 30 29 September 2003 – 10 January 2005 Dalia Itzik Labor Party 30 10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005 Avraham Hirschson Kadima 30 18 January 2006 – 4 May 2006 Ariel Atias Shas 31 4 May 2006 – 31 April 2009 Moshe Kahlon Likud 32 31 April 2009 – present 1 Died in office
2 Sasson was not an MK until after the 1965 elections
Deputy Ministers
Minister Party Governments Dates in Office Jabr Muadi Progress and Development, Alignment 15, 16, 17 27 October 1971 – 24 March 1975 Eliyahu Moyal Alignment 17 24 March 1975 – 20 June 1977 Efraim Gur Alignment 24 2 July 1990 – 20 November 1990 Yitzhak Vaknin Shas 28 5 August 1999 – 11 July 2000 External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Communications Knesset website
- Israel Ministry of Communications site in English
Communications Ministers of Israel 
Nurock (1952) · Burg (1952–58) · Barzilai (1958–59) · Mintz (1960–61) · Sasson (1961–67) · Yeshayahu (1967–69) · Rimalt (1969–70) · Peres (1970–74) · Uzan (1974) · Rabin (1974–75) · Uzan (1975–77) · Begin (1977) · Amit (1977–78) · Moda'i (1979–80) · Aridor (1981) · Tzipori (1981–84) · Rubinstein (1984–87) · Yaacobi (1987–90) · Pinhasi (1990–92) · Shahal (1992–93) · Aloni (1993–96) · Livnat (1996–99) · Ben-Eliezer (1999–2001) · Rivlin (2001–03) · Sharon (2003) · Olmert (2003–05) · Itzik (2005) · Hirschson (2006) · Atias (2006–2009) · Kahlon (2009–)
Israeli Cabinet portfolios
Office of the Prime Minister · Deputy Prime Minister · Vice Prime Minister · Agriculture & Rural Development · Communications · Culture & Sport · Defense · Development of the Negev and Galilee · Economic Strategy · Education · Environmental Protection · Finance · Foreign Affairs · Health · Minister for Home Front Defense · Housing and Construction · Immigrant Absorption · Improvement of Government Services · Industry, Trade & Labour · Information & Diaspora · Intelligence & Atomic Energy · Internal Affairs · Minorities · National Infrastructure · Pensioner Affairs · Public Security · Justice · Regional Development · Religious Services · Science & Technology · Strategic Affairs · Tourism · Transportation & Road Safety · Welfare & Social Services · Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Inactive portfolios: Acting Prime Minister · Development · Labour · Jerusalem Affairs · Rationing & SupplyCategories:- Government ministers of Israel
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