Ministry of Energy
משרד התשתיות הלאומיות, האנרגיה והמים‎

Emblem of Israel
Agency overview
Formed1977
JurisdictionGovernment of Israel
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Jacob Blitshtein, Director-General
Websitewww.energy.gov.il

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.

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:

List of ministers

See also: Development Minister of Israel
# 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 Yitzhak Shamir Likud 24 January 21, 1992 July 13, 1992
6 Amnon Rubinstein Meretz 25 July 13, 1992 June 7, 1993
– Moshe Shahal Labor Party 25 July 13, 1992 January 9, 1995
7 Gonen Segev Yiud 25, 26 January 9, 1995 June 18, 1996
Minister of National Infrastructure
8 Yitzhak Levy National Religious Party 27 June 18, 1996 July 8, 1996
9 Ariel Sharon Likud 27 July 8, 1996 July 6, 1999
10 Eli Suissa Shas 28 July 6, 1999 July 11, 2000
11 Avraham Shochat One Israel 28 October 11, 2000 March 7, 2001
12 Avigdor Lieberman Yisrael Beiteinu 29 March 7, 2001 March 14, 2002
13 Effi Eitam National Religious Party 29 September 18, 2002 February 28, 2003
14 Yosef Paritzky Shinui 30 February 28, 2003 July 13, 2004
15 Eliezer Sandberg Shinui 30 July 19, 2004 December 4, 2004
16 Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Labor Party 30 January 10, 2005 November 23, 2005
17 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
18 Uzi Landau Yisrael Beiteinu 32 31 March 2009 18 March 2013
Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water
19 Silvan Shalom Likud 33 18 March 2013 14 May 2015
20 Yuval Steinitz Likud 34, 35 14 May 2015 13 June 2021
21 Karine Elharrar Yesh Atid 36 13 June 2021 29 December 2022
22 Israel Katz Likud 37 29 December 2022 1 January 2024
23 Eli Cohen Likud 37 1 January 2024

Deputy ministers

# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end
1 Naomi Blumenthal Likud 29 7 March 2001 1 January 2003

References

External links

Ministers of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources
Israeli Cabinet portfolios
Authority control databases
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