Internal Security Minister of Israel

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The Internal Security Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר לביטחון פנים‎, Sar LeBitahon Pnim) is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Internal Security, which oversees Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service, and a member of the Israeli cabinet. Until 1995 the position was known as Minister of Police (Hebrew: שר המשטרה‎, Sar HaMishtera). It should not be confused with the Minister of Internal Affairs.

The first Minister of Police, Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, was a former policeman, and served in the position from Israeli independence in May 1948 until a month before his death in January 1967, serving in fourteen governments and making him the country's longest continually serving minister.

The post was abolished after Menachem Begin became Prime Minister in 1977, but was reinstated in 1984 when Shimon Peres became PM.

There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Internal Security.

[edit] List of Internal Security ministers

Minister	Party	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	Sephardim & Oriental Communities, Mapai, Labour Alignment	Provisional, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th	14/5/1948 - 2/1/1967
Eliyahu Sasson	Alignment	13th, 14th	2/1/1967 - 15/12/1969
Shlomo Hillel	Alignment	15th, 16th, 17th	15/12/1969 - 20/6/1977
Haim Bar-Lev	Alignment	21st, 22nd, 23rd	13/9/1984 - 15/3/1990
Roni Milo	Likud	24th	11/6/1990 - 13/7/1992
Moshe Shahal	Labour	25th, 26th	13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996
Avigdor Kahalani	Third Way	27th	18/6/1996 - 6/7/1999
Shlomo Ben-Ami	One Israel	28th	6/7/1999 - 7/3/2001
Uzi Landau	Likud	29th	7/3/2001 - 28/2/2003
Tzachi Hanegbi	Likud	30th	28/02/2003 - 6/9/2004
Gideon Ezra	Likud, Kadima	30th	6/9/2004 - 4/5/2006 ¹
Avi Dichter	Kadima	31st	4/5/2006 - Present