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The Interior Minister (Hebrew: שר הפנים, Sar HaPnim), also known as the Minister of Internal Affairs is head of the Israeli Ministry of Interior and an important portfolio in the cabinet. The current Interior Minister is Eli Yishai of Shas. It should not be confused with the Internal Security Minister.
The position is often demanded by avowedly religious or secular parties as it allows them to control religious councils and planning (including the building of settlements), as well as religion and state issues such as civil marriage and immigration (which is affected by the Who is a Jew? debate). In recent years it has been held by Shas, an ultra-orthodox party, as well as Shinui and Yisrael BaAliyah, both secularist.
There is also occasionally a Deputy Minister of the Interior.
List of Interior Ministers
| Name | Party | Government(s) | Dates in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yitzhak Gruenbaum | Independent | Provisional | 14/5/1948 - 10/3/1949 |
| Haim-Moshe Shapira | United Religious Front, Hapoel HaMizrachi |
1st, 2nd, 3rd | 10/3/1949 - 24/12/1952 |
| Israel Rokah | General Zionists | 4th, 5th | 24/12/1952 - 29/6/1955 |
| Haim-Moshe Shapira | Hapoel HaMizrachi | 6th | 29/6/1955 - 3/11/1955 |
| Israel Bar-Yehuda | Ahdut HaAvoda | 7th, 8th | 3/11/1955 - 17/12/1959 |
| Haim-Moshe Shapira | National Religious Party | 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th |
17/12/1959 - 16/7/1970 |
| Golda Meir | Alignment | 15th | 16/7/1970 - 1/9/1970 |
| Yosef Burg | National Religious Party | 15th, 16th | 1/9/1970 - 3/6/1974 |
| Shlomo Hillel | Alignment | 17th | 3/6/1974 - 29/10/1974 |
| Yosef Burg | National Religious Party | 17th | 29/10/1974 - 22/12/1976 |
| Shlomo Hillel | Alignment | 17th | 16/1/1977 - 20/6/1977 |
| Yosef Burg | National Religious Party | 18th, 19th, 20th | 20/6/1977 - 13/9/1984 |
| Shimon Peres | Alignment | 21st | 13/9/1984 - 24/12/1984 |
| Yitzhak Peretz | Shas | 21st, 22nd | 24/12/1984 - 6/1/1987 |
| Yitzhak Shamir | Likud | 22nd | 6/1/1987 - 22/12/1988 |
| Aryeh Deri | Shas | 23rd, 24th, 25th | 22/12/1988 - 11/5/1993 |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Labor Party | 25th | 11/5/1993 - 7/6/1993 |
| Aryeh Deri | Shas | 25th | 7/6/1993 - 14/9/1993 |
| Yitzhak Rabin | Labor Party | 25th | 14/9/1993 - 27/2/1995 |
| Uzi Baram | Labor Party | 25th | 27/2/1995 - 7/6/1995 |
| David Libai | Labor Party | 25th | 19/6/1995 - 18/7/1995 |
| Ehud Barak | Labor Party | 25th | 18/7/1995 - 22/11/1995 |
| Haim Ramon | Labor Party | 26th | 22/11/1995 - 18/6/1996 |
| Eli Suissa | Not an MK ¹ | 27th | 18/6/1996 - 6/7/1999 |
| Natan Sharansky | Yisrael BaAliyah | 28th | 6/7/1999 - 11/7/2000 |
| Haim Ramon | One Israel | 28th | 11/7/2000 - 7/3/2001 |
| Eli Yishai | Shas | 29th | 7/3/2001 - 23/5/2002 |
| Ariel Sharon | Likud | 29th | 23/5/2002 - 3/6/2002 |
| Eli Yishai | Shas | 29th | 3/6/2002 - 28/2/2003 |
| Avraham Poraz | Shinui | 30th | 28/2/2003 - 4/12/2004 |
| Ophir Pines-Paz | Labor Party | 30th | 10/1/2005 - 23/11/2005 |
| Ariel Sharon | Kadima | 30th | 23/11/2005 - 4/5/06 ² |
| Roni Bar-On | Kadima | 31st | 4/5/06 - 4/7/07 |
| Meir Sheetrit | Kadima | 31st | 4/7/07 - 31/3/09 |
| Eli Yishai | Shas | 32nd | 31/3/09 - present |
¹ Although Suissa was not an MK at the time, he was later elected to the Knesset for Shas.
² After Ariel Sharon's stroke, Deputy Interior Minister Ruhama Avraham fulfilled the position's duties.
Deputy Ministers
| Name | Party | Government(s) | Dates in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shlomo-Israel Ben-Meir | National Religious Party | 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th | 28/12/1959 - 15/12/1969 |
| Yosef Goldschmidt | National Religious Party | 15th | 22/12/1969 - 16/7/1970 |
| Yosef Goldschmidt | National Religious Party | 15th | 19/7/1970 - 1/9/1970 |
| Rafael Pinhasi | Shas | 23rd | 15/1/1990 - 11/6/1990 |
| Saleh Tarif | Labor Party | 25th | 27/11/1995 - 18/6/1996 |
| David Azulai | Shas | 29th | 2/5/2001 - 23/5/2002 |
| David Azulai | Shas | 29th | 3/6/2002 - 28/2/2003 |
| Victor Brailovsky | Shinui | 30th | 5/3/2003 - 29/11/2004 |
| Ruhama Avraham | Kadima | 30th | 30/3/2005 - 4/5/2006 |
External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Knesset website
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