Ministry of Justice (Israel)

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
1	Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	P, 1, 2	14 May 1948	8 October 1951
2	Dov Yosef	Mapai	3	8 October 1951	25 June 1952
3	Haim Cohn	Not an MK	3	25 June 1952	24 December 1952
–	Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	4, 5, 6, 7	24 December 1952	13 February 1956
4	David Ben-Gurion	Mapai	7	13 February 1956	7 January 1958	Serving Prime Minister
–	Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party	8, 9	7 January 1958	2 November 1961
–	Dov Yosef	Mapai	10, 11, 12	2 November 1961	12 January 1966
5	Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira	Mapai	13, 14, 15	12 January 1966	13 June 1972
–	Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira	Mapai	15	12 September 1972	1 November 1973
6	Haim Yosef Zadok	Alignment	16, 17	10 March 1974	20 June 1977
7	Menachem Begin	Likud	18	20 June 1977	24 October 1977	Serving Prime Minister
8	Shmuel Tamir	Democratic Movement for Change	18	20 June 1977	5 August 1980
9	Moshe Nissim	Likud	18, 19, 20, 21	13 August 1980	16 April 1986
10	Yitzhak Moda'i	Likud	21	16 April 1986	23 July 1986
11	Avraham Sharir	Likud	21, 22	30 July 1986	22 December 1988
12	Dan Meridor	Likud	23, 24	22 December 1988	13 July 1992
13	David Libai	Labour	25, 26	13 July 1992	18 June 1996
14	Yaakov Neeman	Not an MK	27	18 June 1996	10 August 1996
15	Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	27	18 June 1996	4 September 1996	Serving Prime Minister
16	Tzachi Hanegbi	Likud	27	4 September 1996	6 July 1999
17	Yossi Beilin	One Israel	28	6 July 1999	7 March 2001
18	Meir Sheetrit	Likud	29	7 March 2001	28 February 2003
19	Tommy Lapid	Shinui	30	28 February 2003	4 December 2004
20	Tzipi Livni	Likud, Kadima	30	5 December 2004	4 May 2006
21	Haim Ramon	Kadima	31	4 May 2006	22 August 2006
–	Meir Sheetrit	Kadima	31	23 August 2006	29 November 2006
–	Tzipi Livni	Kadima	31	29 November 2006	7 February 2007
22	Daniel Friedmann	Not an MK	31	7 February 2007	31 March 2009
–	Yaakov Neeman	Not an MK	32	31 March 2009	18 March 2013
–	Tzipi Livni	Hatnuah	33	18 March 2013	4 December 2014
23	Ayelet Shaked	The Jewish Home	34	14 May 2015

External links

• Official website
• All Ministers in the Ministry of Justice Knesset website