Information and Diaspora Minister of Israel

The Information and Diaspora Minister of Israel is a post in the Israeli cabinet, created in March 2009.
Previously there had been both a Minister of Information (1967-1969 and 1974-1975), a Minister of Social and Disapora Affairs (1999-2001 and 2003-2006), and a Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism (2007-2009).
Between June and November 2005 there was also a Deputy Minister of Social and Disapora Affairs.
==List of portfolio holders==
Post title 	Minister 	Party 	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Information 	Yisrael Galili 	Alignment 	13 	5/6/1967 - 17/3/1969
Information 	Aharon Yariv 	Alignment 	16 	3/6/1974 - 4/2/1975
Information 	Shimon Peres 	Alignment 	16 	10/3/1974 - 3/6/1974
Social and Disapora Affairs 	Michael Melchior 	One Israel 	28 	5/8/1999 - 7/3/2001
Social and Disapora Affairs 	Natan Sharansky 	Likud 	30 	3/3/2003 - 4/5/2006
Diaspora, Society and theFight Against Antisemitism	Isaac Herzog 	Labor Party	31 	21/3/2007 - 31/3/2009
Information and Diaspora 	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein	Likud 	32 	31/3/2009 - present
===Deputy ministers===
Minister 	Party 	Government(s)	Dates in Office
Michael Melchior	Meimad	30 	20/6/2005 - 23/11/2005
==External links==
*All Ministers in the Ministry of Information Knesset website
Category:Antisemitism
Category:Government of Israel
Category:Lists of government ministers of Israel
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