Transportation Minister of Israel
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The Transportation Minister of Israel (currently styled as the Minister of Transportation and Road Safety (Hebrew: שר התחבורה והבטיחות בדרכים, Sar HaTakhbura veHaBetikhut BeDerekhim)) is the government minister at the head of the Transportation Ministry in Israel. A relatively minor post in the Israeli cabinet, it is often given to smaller parties in the governing coalitions. Nevertheless, there has been a Transportation Minister in every Israeli government to date. Shaul Mofaz of Kadima, a former Minister of Defense is the incumbent.
Three Prime Ministers (David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon) have held the Transportation portfolio whilst in office, though only for a short time, whilst three Transportation Ministers (Ezer Weizman, Moshe Katsav and Shimon Peres) have gone on to become President.
There is also occasionally a Deputy Minster of Transportation.
[edit] List of Transportation Ministers
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Remez | Mapai | Provisional, 1st | 14/5/1948 - 1/11/1950 |
| Dov Yosef | Mapai | 2nd | 1/11/1950 - 8/10/1951 |
| David-Zvi Pinkas 1 | Mizrachi | 3rd | 8/10/1951 - 14/8/1952 |
| David Ben-Gurion 2 | Mapai | 3rd | 14/8/1952 - 24/12/1952 |
| Yosef Serlin | General Zionists | 4th | 24/12/1952 - 29/12/1953 |
| Yosef Sapir | General Zionists | 4th, 5th | 29/12/1953 - 29/6/1955 |
| Zalman Aran | Mapai | 6th | 29/6/1955 - 3/11/1955 |
| Moshe Carmel 3 | Labour Unity | 7th, 8th | 3/11/1955 - 17/12/1959 |
| Yitzhak Ben-Aharon | Labour Unity | 9th, 10th | 17/12/1959 - 28/5/1962 |
| Israel Bar-Yehuda 1 | Labour Unity | 10th, 11th, 12th | 28/5/1962 - 4/5/1965 |
| Moshe Carmel 4 | Labour Unity/Alignment | 12th, 13th, 14th | 30/5/1965 - 15/12/1969 |
| Ezer Weizman 5 | Alignment | 15th | 15/12/1969 - 6/8/1970 |
| Shimon Peres | Alignment | 15th | 1/9/1970 - 10/3/1974 |
| Aharon Yariv | Alignment | 16th | 10/3/1974 - 3/6/1974 |
| Gad Yaacobi | Alignment | 17th | 3/6/1974 - 20/6/1977 |
| Menahem Begin 2 | Likud | 18th | 20/6/1977 - 24/10/1977 |
| Meir Amit | Dash | 18th | 20/6/1977 - 15/9/1978 |
| Haim Landau 5 | Likud | 18th | 15/1/1979 - 5/8/1981 |
| Haim Corfo | Likud | 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd | 5/8/1981 - 22/12/1988 |
| Moshe Katsav | Likud | 23rd, 24th | 22/12/1988 - 13/7/1992 |
| Israel Kessar | Labour | 25th, 26th | 13/7/1992 - 18/6/1996 |
| Yitzhak Levy | National Religious Party | 27th | 18/6/1996 - 25/2/1998 |
| Shaul Yahalom | National Religious Party | 27th | 25/2/1998 - 6/7/1999 |
| Yitzhak Mordechai | Centre Party | 28th | 6/7/1999 - 30/5/2000 |
| Amnon Lipkin-Shahak | Centre Party | 28th | 11/10/2000 - 7/3/2001 |
| Ephraim Sneh | Labour | 29th | 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002 |
| Ariel Sharon 2 | Likud | 29th | 2/11/2002 - 15/12/2002 |
| Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 29th | 15/12/2002 - 28/2/2003 |
| Avigdor Lieberman | National Union | 30th | 28/2/2003 - 6/6/2004 |
| Meir Sheetrit | Likud | 30th | 31/8/2004 - 4/5/2006 |
| Shaul Mofaz | Kadima | 31st | 4/5/2006 - Present |
1 Died in office
2 Also serving Prime Minister
3 Not an MK until 9/6/1958
4 Not an MK after 17/3/1969
5 Not an MK
[edit] Deputy Ministers
| Minister | Party | Government(s) | Dates in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reuven Sheri | Mapai | 2nd | 2/4/1951 - 8/10/1951 |
| Gad Yaacobi | Alignment | 15th | 2/11/1972 - 10/3/1974 |
| David Shiffman 1 | Likud | 19th | 11/8/1981 - 18/10/1982 |
| Pinhas Goldstein | New Liberal Party | 24th | 2/7/1990 - 20/11/1990 |
| Efraim Gur | Unity for Peace and Immigration/Likud | 24th | 20/11/1990 - 13/7/1992 |
| Avraham Yehezkel | Labour | 29th | 7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002 |
| Sofa Landver | Labour | 29th | 12/8/2002 - 2/11/2002 |
| Shmuel Halpert | Agudat Israel | 30th | 30/3/2005 - 4/5/2006 |
1 Died in office
[edit] External links
- All Ministers in the Ministry of Transportation Knesset website (English)
