List of ministers
The Agriculture and Rural Development Minister (Hebrew: שר החקלאות ופיתוח הכפר, Sar HaHakla'ut vePituah HaKfar; Arabic: وزير الزراعة وتطوير القرية) is the political head of the ministry, considered a relatively minor position in the Israel cabinet. Two serving Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin and Ehud Barak, also served as agriculture ministers; Begin following the death of the incumbent, and Barak following the resignation of the former minister's party from his coalition. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Agriculture.
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Minister |
Party |
Governments |
Term start |
Term end |
Notes |
Minister of Agriculture |
1 | Aharon Zisling | Mapam | Provisional | 14 May 1948 | 10 March 1949 | |
2 | Dov Yosef | Mapai | 1 | 1 June 1949 | 1 November 1950 | |
3 | Pinhas Lavon | Mapai | 2 | November 1, 1950 | October 8, 1951 | |
4 | Levi Eshkol | Mapai | 3 | October 8, 1951 | June 25, 1952 | |
5 | Peretz Naftali | Mapai | 3, 4, 5, 6 | June 25, 1952 | November 3, 1955 | |
6 | Kadish Luz | Mapai | 7, 8 | November 3, 1955 | December 17, 1959 | |
7 | Moshe Dayan | Mapai | 9, 10, 11 | December 17, 1959 | November 4, 1964 | |
8 | Haim Gvati | Mapai, Alignment |
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 | November 9, 1964 | June 3, 1974 | Not a Knesset member for part of term in office |
9 | Aharon Uzan | Alignment | 17 | June 3, 1974 | June 20, 1977 | Not a Knesset Member |
10 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 18 | June 20, 1977 | August 5, 1981 | |
11 | Simha Erlich | Likud | 19 | August 5, 1981 | June 19, 1983 | Died in office |
12 | Menachem Begin | Likud | 19 | June 19, 1983 | October 10, 1983 | Also serving Prime Minister |
13 | Pesah Grupper | Likud | 20 | October 10, 1983 | September 13, 1984 | |
14 | Aryeh Nehemkin | Alignment | 21, 22 | September 13, 1984 | December 22, 1988 | |
15 | Avraham Katz-Oz | Alignment | 23 | December 22, 1988 | March 15, 1990 | |
16 | Rafael Eitan | Tzomet | 24 | June 11, 1990 | December 31, 1991 | |
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
17 | Ya'akov Tzur | Labor Party | 25, 26 | July 13, 1992 | June 18, 1996 | |
– | Rafael Eitan | Tzomet | 27 | June 18, 1996 | July 6, 1999 | |
18 | Haim Oron | Meretz | 28 | August 5, 1999 | June 24, 2000 | |
19 | Ehud Barak | Labor Party | 28 | June 24, 2000 | March 7, 2001 | Also serving Prime Minister |
20 | Shalom Simhon | Labor Party | 29 | March 7, 2001 | November 2, 2002 | |
21 | Tzipi Livni | Likud | 29 | December 17, 2002 | February 28, 2003 | |
22 | Yisrael Katz | Likud | 30 | February 28, 2003 | January 14, 2006 | |
23 | Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | 30 | January 18, 2006 | May 4, 2006 | |
– | Shalom Simhon | Labor Party | 31, 32 | 4 May 2006 | 18 January 2011 | |
24 | Orit Noked | Independence | 32 | 18 January 2011 | 18 March 2013 | |
25 | Yair Shamir | Yisrael Beiteinu | 33 | 18 March 2013 | 14 May 2015 | |
26 | Uri Ariel | The Jewish Home | 34 | 14 May 2015 | | |