Intelligence and Atomic Energy Minister of Israel

Ministry of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
המשרד לעינייני מודיעין
Agency overview
Formed 2009
Minister responsible

The Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy (Hebrew: שר המופקד על שירותי המודיעין והוועדה לאנרגיה אטומית) is the political head of the Israeli Intelligence community, although authority is shared with the Prime Minister's office. Established on 6 May 2009, the minister is involved with intelligence matters, although none of the country's intelligence authorities are subordinate to the ministry; Shin Bet, and Mossad are subordinate to the Prime Minister's office, and the Military Intelligence Directorate operates under the Israel Defense Forces and the Minister of Defense. An additional intelligence body, the Center for Political Research, operates under the Foreign Ministry.

List of ministers

# Minister Party Government Term start Term end
Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
1Dan MeridorLikud326 May 200918 March 2013
Minister of Intelligence
2Yuval SteinitzLikud3318 March 201314 May 2015
Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
3Yisrael KatzLikud3414 May 2015
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