Ministry of Justice (Israel)

Ministry of Justice
משרד המשפטים
Agency overview
Formed 1948
Jurisdiction Government of Israel
Minister responsible
Website www.justice.gov.il

The Justice Ministry (Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד הַמִשְׁפָּטִים, Misrad HaMishpatim) is the Israeli government ministry that oversees the Israeli judicial system. Israel's current Minister of Justice is Ayelet Shaked.

List of ministers

The Justice Minister (Hebrew: שַׂר הַמִשְׁפָּטִים, Sar HaMishpatim) is the political head of the ministry. Unlike other ministries, there has never been a Deputy Minister.

# Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes
1Pinchas RosenProgressive PartyP, 1, 214 May 19488 October 1951
2Dov YosefMapai38 October 195125 June 1952
3Haim CohnNot an MK325 June 195224 December 1952
Pinchas RosenProgressive Party4, 5, 6, 724 December 195213 February 1956
4David Ben-GurionMapai713 February 19567 January 1958Serving Prime Minister
Pinchas RosenProgressive Party8, 97 January 19582 November 1961
Dov YosefMapai10, 11, 122 November 196112 January 1966
5Ya'akov Shimshon ShapiraMapai13, 14, 1512 January 196613 June 1972
Ya'akov Shimshon ShapiraMapai1512 September 19721 November 1973
6Haim Yosef ZadokAlignment16, 1710 March 197420 June 1977
7Menachem BeginLikud1820 June 197724 October 1977Serving Prime Minister
8Shmuel TamirDemocratic Movement for Change1820 June 19775 August 1980
9Moshe NissimLikud18, 19, 20, 2113 August 198016 April 1986
10Yitzhak Moda'iLikud2116 April 198623 July 1986
11Avraham SharirLikud21, 2230 July 198622 December 1988
12Dan MeridorLikud23, 2422 December 198813 July 1992
13David LibaiLabour25, 2613 July 199218 June 1996
14Yaakov NeemanNot an MK2718 June 199610 August 1996
15Benjamin NetanyahuLikud2718 June 19964 September 1996Serving Prime Minister
16Tzachi HanegbiLikud274 September 19966 July 1999
17Yossi BeilinOne Israel286 July 19997 March 2001
18Meir SheetritLikud297 March 200128 February 2003
19Tommy LapidShinui3028 February 20034 December 2004
20Tzipi LivniLikud, Kadima305 December 20044 May 2006
21Haim RamonKadima314 May 200622 August 2006
Meir SheetritKadima3123 August 200629 November 2006
Tzipi LivniKadima3129 November 20067 February 2007
22Daniel FriedmannNot an MK317 February 200731 March 2009
Yaakov NeemanNot an MK3231 March 200918 March 2013
Tzipi LivniHatnuah3318 March 20134 December 2014
23Ayelet ShakedThe Jewish Home3414 May 2015
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