# Ministry of Communications (Israel)

The Ministry of Communications (Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד הַתִּקְשֹׁרֶת, Misrad HaTikshoret) is the Israeli government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing communications infrastructure and services. Its primary role is to manage telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal services. The ministry was established in 1952 and was known as the Ministry of Postal Services (Hebrew: משרד הדואר, Misrad HaDo'ar) until 1970.

## List of ministers

The Communications Minister of Israel (Hebrew: שר התקשורת, Sar HaTikshoret) is the political head of the ministry. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.
| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| Minister of Postal Services |||||||
| 1 | Mordechai Nurock | Mizrachi | 3 | 3 November 1952 (1952-11-3) | 24 December 1952 (1952-12-24) | |
| 2 | Yosef Burg | Hapoel HaMizrachi National Religious Party | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 24 December 1952 (1952-12-24) | 1 July 1958 (1958-7-1) | |
| 3 | Yisrael Barzilai | Mapam | 8 | 24 November 1958 (1958-11-24) | 17 December 1959 (1959-12-17) | |
| 4 | Binyamin Mintz | Poalei Agudat Yisrael | 9 | 17 July 1960 (1960-7-17) | 30 May 1961 (1961-05-30) | Died in office |
| 5 | Eliyahu Sasson | Alignment | 10, 11, 12, 13 | 2 November 1961 (1961-11-2) | 2 January 1967 (1967-1-2) | Not an MK until after the 1965 elections |
| 6 | Yisrael Yeshayahu | Alignment | 13, 14 | 2 January 1967 (1967-1-2) | 15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) | |
| 7 | Elimelekh Rimalt | Gahal | 15 | 15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) | 6 August 1970 (1970-8-6) | |
| Minister of Communications |||||||
| 8 | Shimon Peres | Alignment | 15 | 1 September 1970 (1970-9-1) | 10 March 1974 (1974-3-10) | |
| 9 | Aharon Uzan | Not an MK | 16 | 10 March 1974 (1974-3-10) | 3 June 1974 (1974-6-3) | |
| 10 | Yitzhak Rabin | Alignment | 17 | 3 June 1974 (1974-6-3) | 20 March 1975 (1975-3-20) | |
| – | Aharon Uzan | Not an MK | 17 | 20 March 1975 (1975-3-20) | 20 June 1977 (1977-6-20) | |
| 11 | Menachem Begin | Likud | 18 | 20 June 1977 (1977-6-20) | 24 October 1977 (1977-10-24) | |
| 12 | Meir Amit | Dash | 18 | 20 June 1977 (1977-6-20) | 15 September 1978 (1978-9-15) | |
| 13 | Yitzhak Moda'i | Likud | 18 | 15 January 1979 (1979-1-15) | 22 December 1980 (1980-12-22) | |
| 14 | Yoram Aridor | Likud | 18 | 5 January 1981 (1981-1-5) | 5 August 1981 (1981-8-5) | |
| 15 | Mordechai Tzipori | Likud | 19, 20 | 5 August 1981 (1981-8-5) | 13 September 1984 (1984-9-13) | |
| 16 | Amnon Rubinstein | Shinui | 21, 22 | 13 September 1984 (1984-9-13) | 26 May 1987 (1987-5-26) | |
| 17 | Gad Yaacobi | Alignment | 22, 23 | 9 June 1987 (1987-6-9) | 15 March 1990 (1990-3-15) | |
| 18 | Rafael Pinhasi | Shas | 24 | 11 June 1990 (1990-6-11) | 13 July 1992 (1992-7-13) | |
| 19 | Moshe Shahal | Labor Party | 25 | 13 July 1992 (1992-7-13) | 7 June 1993 (1993-6-7) | |
| 20 | Shulamit Aloni | Meretz | 25, 26 | 7 June 1993 (1993-6-7) | 18 June 1996 (1996-6-18) | |
| 21 | Limor Livnat | Likud | 27 | 18 June 1996 (1996-6-18) | 6 July 1999 (1999-7-6) | |
| 22 | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | One Israel | 28 | 6 July 1999 (1999-7-6) | 7 March 2001 (2001-3-7) | |
| 23 | Reuven Rivlin | Likud | 29 | 7 March 2001 (2001-3-7) | 28 February 2003 (2003-2-28) | |
| 24 | Ariel Sharon | Likud | 30 | 28 February 2003 (2003-2-28) | 17 August 2003 (2003-8-17) | |
| 25 | Ehud Olmert | Likud | 30 | 29 September 2003 (2003-9-29) | 10 January 2005 (2005-1-10) | |
| 26 | Dalia Itzik | Labor Party | 30 | 10 January 2005 (2005-1-10) | 23 November 2005 (2005-11-23) | |
| 27 | Avraham Hirschson | Kadima | 30 | 18 January 2006 (2006-1-18) | 4 May 2006 (2006-5-4) | |
| 28 | Ariel Atias | Shas | 31 | 4 May 2006 (2006-5-4) | 31 March 2009 (2009-3-31) | |
| 29 | Moshe Kahlon | Likud | 32 | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | |
| 30 | Gilad Erdan | Likud | 33 | 18 March 2013 | 5 November 2014 | |
| 31 | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 33, 34 | 5 November 2014 | 21 February 2017 | Also serving Prime Minister |
| 32 | Tzachi Hanegbi | Likud | 34 | 21 February 2017 | 29 May 2017 | Acting Minister |
| 33 | Ayoob Kara | Likud | 34 | 29 May 2017 (2017-5-29) | 24 June 2019 (2019-6-24) | |
| 34 | Dudi Amsalem | Likud | 34 | 1 July 2019 (2019-7-1) | 17 May 2020 (2020-5-17) | |
| 35 | Yoaz Hendel | Derekh Eretz | 35 | 17 May 2020 (2020-5-17) | 16 December 2020 (2020-12-16) | |
| 36 | Eitan Ginzburg | Blue and White | 35 | 3 May 2021 (2021-05-03) | 13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) | |
| 37 | Yoaz Hendel | New Hope | 36 | 13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | |
| 38 | Shlomo Karhi | Likud | 37 | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | | |

### Deputy ministers

| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
| 1 | Jabr Muadi | Progress and Development, Alignment | 15, 16, 17 | 27 October 1971 (1971-10-27) | 24 March 1975 (1975-3-24) |
| 2 | Eliyahu Moyal | Alignment | 17 | 24 March 1975 (1975-3-24) | 20 June 1977 (1977-6-20) |
| 3 | Efraim Gur | Alignment | 24 | 2 July 1990 (1990-7-2) | 20 November 1990 (1990-11-20) |
| 4 | Yitzhak Vaknin | Shas | 28 | 5 August 1999 (1999-8-5) | 11 July 2000 (2000-7-11) |