Ministry for Social Equality

Ministry for Social Equality
המשרד לשיוויון חברתי
Agency overview
Formed 2007
Jurisdiction Government of Israel
Minister responsible
Website www.shivyon.gov.il

The Ministry for Social Equality (Hebrew: המשרד לשוויון חברתי), till August 2015 called the Ministry for Senior Citizens (Hebrew: המשרד לאזרחים ותיקים, Misrad LeAzrahim Vatikim), is a government ministry in Israel. The ministerial post was created following the coalition agreement between Kadima and Gil (the Pensioners' Party) after the 2006 elections, although the ministry itself was not formed until a vote of approval by the Knesset on 25 July 2007.[1]

List ministers

# Minister Government Party Term start Term end Notes
1Rafi EitanGil314 May 200631 March 2009
2Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3231 March 200918 March 2013Serving Prime Minister
3Uri OrbachThe Jewish Home3318 March 201316 February 2015Died in office
3Gila GamlielLikud3414 May 2015

Deputy ministers

# Minister Government Party Term start Term end
1Lea NassLikud3231 March 200918 March 2013

References

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