Ministry of Energy
משרד התשתיות הלאומיות, האנרגיה והמים

Emblem of Israel
Agency overview
Formed1977
JurisdictionGovernment of Israel
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Jacob Blitshtein, Director-General
Websitewww.energy.gov.il

The Ministry of Energy (Hebrew: משרד האנרגיה) is the Israeli government ministry responsible for energy and water infrastructure. The ministry has changed names several times since its establishment.

The ministerial post was established in 1977, succeeding the position of Development Ministry, which had been scrapped three years earlier.

Names

The Ministry of Energy has been called the following names:

  • Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (משרד האנרגיה והתשתיות) – 1977–1996
  • Ministry of National Infrastructures (משרד התשתיות הלאומיות) – 1996–2011
  • Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (משרד האנרגיה והמים) – 2011–2013
  • Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water (משרד התשתיות הלאומיות, האנרגיה והמים) – 2013–2017
  • Ministry of Energy (משרד האנרגיה) – 2017–

List of ministers

# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end
Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
1Yitzhak Moda'iLikud18June 20, 1977August 5, 1981
2Yitzhak BermanLikud19August 5, 1981September 30, 1982
Yitzhak Moda'iLikud19–20October 19, 1982September 13, 1984
3Moshe ShahalAlignment21–23September 13, 1984March 15, 1990
4Yuval Ne'emanTehiya24June 11, 1990January 21, 1992
5Yitzhak ShamirLikud24January 21, 1992July 13, 1992
6Amnon RubinsteinMeretz25July 13, 1992June 7, 1993
Moshe ShahalLabor Party25July 13, 1992January 9, 1995
7Gonen SegevYiud25, 26January 9, 1995June 18, 1996
Minister of National Infrastructure
8Yitzhak LevyNational Religious Party27June 18, 1996July 8, 1996
9Ariel SharonLikud27July 8, 1996July 6, 1999
10Eli SuissaShas28July 6, 1999July 11, 2000
11Avraham ShochatOne Israel28October 11, 2000March 7, 2001
12Avigdor LiebermanYisrael Beiteinu29March 7, 2001March 14, 2002
13Effi EitamNational Religious Party29September 18, 2002February 28, 2003
14Yosef ParitzkyShinui30February 28, 2003July 13, 2004
15Eliezer SandbergShinui30July 19, 2004December 4, 2004
16Binyamin Ben-EliezerLabor Party30January 10, 2005November 23, 2005
17Roni Bar-OnKadima30January 18, 2006May 4, 2006
Binyamin Ben-EliezerLabor Party31May 4, 2006March 31, 2009
Minister of Energy and Water
18Uzi LandauYisrael Beiteinu3231 March 200918 March 2013
Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water
19Silvan ShalomLikud3318 March 201314 May 2015
20Yuval SteinitzLikud34, 3514 May 201513 June 2021
21Karine ElharrarYesh Atid3613 June 202129 December 2022
22Israel KatzLikud3729 December 20221 January 2024
23Eli CohenLikud371 January 2024

Deputy ministers

# Minister Party Governments Term start Term end
1Naomi BlumenthalLikud297 March 20011 January 2003

References

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