Ministry of Construction and Housing
| משרד הבינוי והשיכון | |
 Ministry emblem | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1961 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Israel |
Minister responsible | |
| Website | www |
The Ministry of Construction and Housing (Hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הַבִּנּוּי וְהַשִׁכּוּן, Misrad HaBinui VeHaShikun) is a portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. The ministry was created in 1961. Until 1977 and for a period from November 2014[1] till August 2015 it was known as the Ministry of Construction, and in 1977–2014 and from August 2015 as the Ministry of Construction and Housing (Hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הַבִּנּוּי וְהַשִׁכּוּן, Misrad HaBinui VeHaShikun). Construction was also previously part of the Labour and Construction ministry during the provisional government between 1948 and 1949.
There has been a Deputy Minister on several occasions.
The Ministry, through the Israel Land Authority, is the legal owner of the majority of land in Israel.
List of ministers
[edit]| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Housing | ||||||
| 1 | Giora Yoseftal | Mapai | 10 | 2 November 1961 | 23 August 1962 | Died in office |
| 2 | Yosef Almogi | Mapai | 10, 11, 12 | 30 October 1962 | 23 May 1965 | |
| 3 | Levi Eshkol | Mapai | 12 | 31 May 1965 | 12 January 1966 | Serving Prime Minister |
| 4 | Mordechai Bentov | Not an MK | 13, 14 | 12 January 1966 | 15 December 1969 | Member of Mapam |
| 5 | Ze'ev Sherf | Alignment | 15 | 15 December 1969 | 10 March 1974 | |
| 6 | Yehoshua Rabinovitz | Not an MK | 16 | 10 March 1974 | 3 June 1974 | Member of the Alignment |
| 7 | Avraham Ofer | Alignment | 17 | 3 June 1974 | 3 January 1977 | Died in office |
| 8 | Shlomo Rosen | Not an MK | 17 | 16 January 1977 | 20 June 1977 | Member of Mapam |
| Minister of Housing and Construction | ||||||
| 9 | Gideon Patt | Likud | 18 | 20 June 1977 | 15 January 1979 | |
| 10 | David Levy | Likud | 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 | 15 January 1979 | 11 June 1990 | |
| 11 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 24 | 11 June 1990 | 13 July 1992 | |
| 12 | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Labor Party | 25, 26 | 13 July 1992 | 18 June 1996 | |
| Minister of Housing | ||||||
| 13 | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 27 | 18 June 1996 | 6 July 1999 | Serving Prime Minister |
| Minister of Housing and Construction | ||||||
| 14 | Yitzhak Levy | National Religious Party | 28 | 6 July 1999 | 12 July 2000 | |
| – | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | One Israel | 28 | 11 October 2000 | 7 March 2001 | |
| 15 | Natan Sharansky | Yisrael BaAliyah | 29 | 7 March 2001 | 28 February 2003 | |
| 16 | Effi Eitam | National Religious Party | 30 | 3 March 2003 | 10 June 2004 | |
| 17 | Tzipi Livni | Likud | 30 | 4 July 2004 | 10 January 2005 | Acting minister until 31 August 2004 |
| 18 | Isaac Herzog | Labor Party | 30 | 10 January 2005 | 23 November 2005 | |
| 19 | Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | 30 | 18 January 2006 | 4 May 2006 | |
| 20 | Meir Sheetrit | Kadima | 31 | 4 May 2006 | 4 July 2007 | |
| – | Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | 31 | 4 July 2007 | 31 March 2009 | |
| 21 | Ariel Atias | Shas | 32 | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | |
| Minister of Construction | ||||||
| 22 | Uri Ariel | The Jewish Home | 33 | 18 March 2013 | 14 May 2015 | |
| 23 | Yoav Gallant | Kulanu | 34 | 14 May 2015 | 2 January 2019 | |
| 24 | Yifat Shasha-Biton | Kulanu | 34 | 9 January 2019 | 17 May 2020 | |
| 25 | Yaakov Litzman | United Torah Judaism | 35 | 17 May 2020 | 13 September 2020 | |
| 26 | Yitzhak Cohen | Shas | 35 | 14 October 2020 | 15 November 2020 | |
| – | Yaakov Litzman | United Torah Judaism | 35 | 18 November 2020 | 13 June 2021 | |
| 27 | Ze'ev Elkin | New Hope | 36 | 13 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 | |
| 28 | Yitzhak Goldknopf | United Torah Judaism | 37 | 29 December 2022 | 15 June 2025 | |
| 29 | Haim Katz | Likud | 37 | 15 June 2025 | ||
Deputy ministers
[edit]| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moshe Katsav | Likud | 20 | 10 October 1983 | 13 September 1984 |
| 2 | Avraham Ravitz | Degel HaTorah | 24 | 25 June 1990 | 13 July 1992 |
| 3 | Aryeh Gamliel | Shas | 25 | 29 July 1992 | 9 September 1993 |
| 4 | Ran Cohen | Meretz | 25 | 4 August 1992 | 31 December 1992 |
| 5 | Eli Ben-Menachem | Labor Party | 25, 26 | 8 April 1993 | 18 June 1996 |
| 6 | Alex Goldfarb | Yiud, Atid | 25, 26 | 2 January 1995 | 18 June 1996 |
| 7 | Meir Porush | United Torah Judaism | 27 | 24 June 1996 | 6 July 1999 |
| – | Meir Porush | United Torah Judaism | 29 | 4 June 2001 | 28 February 2003 |
| – | Eli Ben-Menachem | Labor Party | 30 | 11 January 2005 | 23 November 2005 |
| 8 | Jackie Levy | Likud | 34 | 14 June 2015 | 18 November 2018 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ הדרך לדירה עוד לא התקצרה, שם המשרד כן Calcalist, 8 November 2014
External links
[edit]- Ministry of Construction and Housing
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Housing and Construction Knesset website
