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{{Short description|Government ministry of Israel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox government agency
|name= Ministry of Communications
|formed = 1952
|jurisdiction = [[Government of Israel]]
|minister1_name = [[Shlomo Karhi]]
|website = {{URL|http://www.moc.gov.il/}}
|nativename = משרד התקשורת
|image=Emblem of Israel.svg
|image_caption=[[Emblem of Israel]]
|image_size=130px
}}

The '''Ministry of Communications''' ({{langx|he|מִשְׂרָד הַתִּקְשֹׁרֶת}}, ''Misrad HaTikshoret'') is the [[Cabinet of Israel|Israeli government]] agency responsible for regulating and overseeing communications infrastructure and services. Its primary role is to manage [[Telecommunications in Israel|telecommunications]], broadcasting, and postal services. The ministry was established in 1952 and was known as the '''Ministry of Postal Services''' ({{langx|he|משרד הדואר}}, ''Misrad HaDo'ar'') until 1970.

==List of ministers==
The Communications Minister of Israel ({{langx|he|שר התקשורת}}, ''Sar HaTikshoret'') is the political head of the ministry. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister.

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!#
!Minister
!Party
!Governments
!Term start
!Term end
!Notes
|-
!colspan=7|Minister of Postal Services
|-
|1||align=left|[[Mordechai Nurock]]||align=left|[[Mizrachi (political party)|Mizrachi]]||[[Third government of Israel|3]]||{{start date|1952|11|3|df=y}}||{{end date|1952|12|24|df=y}}||
|-
|2||align=left|[[Yosef Burg]]||align=left|[[Hapoel HaMizrachi]]<br />{{nowrap|[[National Religious Party]]}}||[[Fourth government of Israel|4]], [[Fifth government of Israel|5]], [[Sixth government of Israel|6]], [[Seventh government of Israel|7]], [[Eighth government of Israel|8]]||{{start date|1952|12|24|df=y}}||{{end date|1958|7|1|df=y}}||
|-
|3||align=left|[[Yisrael Barzilai]]||align=left|[[Mapam]]||[[Eighth government of Israel|8]]||{{start date|1958|11|24|df=y}}||{{end date|1959|12|17|df=y}}||
|-
|4||align=left|[[Binyamin Mintz]]||align=left|[[Poalei Agudat Yisrael]]||[[Ninth government of Israel|9]]||{{start date|1960|7|17|df=y}}||{{end date|1961|05|30|df=y}}||Died in office
|-
|5||align=left|[[Eliyahu Sasson]]||align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]||{{nowrap|[[Tenth government of Israel|10]], [[Eleventh government of Israel|11]], [[Twelfth government of Israel|12]], [[Thirteenth government of Israel|13]]}}||{{start date|1961|11|2|df=y}}||{{end date|1967|1|2|df=y}}||Not an MK until after the [[1965 Israeli legislative election|1965 elections]]
|-
|6||align=left|[[Yisrael Yeshayahu]]||align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]||[[Thirteenth government of Israel|13]], [[Fourteenth government of Israel|14]]||{{start date|1967|1|2|df=y}}||{{end date|1969|12|15|df=y}}||
|-
|7||align=left|[[Elimelekh Rimalt]]||align=left|[[Gahal]]||[[Fifteenth government of Israel|15]]||{{start date|1969|12|15|df=y}}||{{end date|1970|8|6|df=y}}||
|-
!colspan=7|Minister of Communications
|-
|8||align=left|[[Shimon Peres]]||align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]||[[Fifteenth government of Israel|15]]||{{start date|1970|9|1|df=y}}||{{end date|1974|3|10|df=y}}||
|-
|9||align=left|[[Aharon Uzan]]||align=left|Not an MK||[[Sixteenth government of Israel|16]]||{{start date|1974|3|10|df=y}}||{{end date|1974|6|3|df=y}}||
|-
|10||align=left|[[Yitzhak Rabin]]||align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]||[[Seventeenth government of Israel|17]]||{{start date|1974|6|3|df=y}}||{{end date|1975|3|20|df=y}}||
|-
|–||align=left|[[Aharon Uzan]]||align=left|Not an MK||[[Seventeenth government of Israel|17]]||{{start date|1975|3|20|df=y}}||{{end date|1977|6|20|df=y}}||
|-
|11||align=left|[[Menachem Begin]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Eighteenth government of Israel|18]]||{{start date|1977|6|20|df=y}}||{{end date|1977|10|24|df=y}}||
|-
|12||align=left|[[Meir Amit]]||align=left|[[Democratic Movement for Change|Dash]]||[[Eighteenth government of Israel|18]]||{{start date|1977|6|20|df=y}}||{{end date|1978|9|15|df=y}}||
|-
|13||align=left|[[Yitzhak Moda'i]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Eighteenth government of Israel|18]]||{{start date|1979|1|15|df=y}}||{{end date|1980|12|22|df=y}}||
|-
|14||align=left|[[Yoram Aridor]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Eighteenth government of Israel|18]]||{{start date|1981|1|5|df=y}}||{{end date|1981|8|5|df=y}}||
|-
|15||align=left|[[Mordechai Tzipori]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Nineteenth government of Israel|19]], [[Twentieth government of Israel|20]]||{{start date|1981|8|5|df=y}}||{{end date|1984|9|13|df=y}}||
|-
|16||align=left|[[Amnon Rubinstein]]||align=left|[[Shinui]]||[[Twenty-first government of Israel|21]], [[Twenty-second government of Israel|22]]||{{start date|1984|9|13|df=y}}||{{end date|1987|5|26|df=y}}||
|-
|17||align=left|[[Gad Yaacobi]]||align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]||[[Twenty-second government of Israel|22]], [[Twenty-third government of Israel|23]]||{{start date|1987|6|9|df=y}}||{{end date|1990|3|15|df=y}}||
|-
|18||align=left|[[Rafael Pinhasi]]||align=left|[[Shas]]||[[Twenty-fourth government of Israel|24]]||{{start date|1990|6|11|df=y}}||{{end date|1992|7|13|df=y}}||
|-
|19||align=left|[[Moshe Shahal]]||align=left|[[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]]||[[Twenty-fifth government of Israel|25]]||{{start date|1992|7|13|df=y}}||{{end date|1993|6|7|df=y}}||
|-
|20||align=left|[[Shulamit Aloni]]||align=left|[[Meretz]]||[[Twenty-fifth government of Israel|25]], [[Twenty-sixth government of Israel|26]]||{{start date|1993|6|7|df=y}}||{{end date|1996|6|18|df=y}}||
|-
|21||align=left|[[Limor Livnat]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Twenty-seventh government of Israel|27]]||{{start date|1996|6|18|df=y}}||{{end date|1999|7|6|df=y}}||
|-
|22||align=left|{{nowrap|[[Binyamin Ben-Eliezer]]}}||align=left|[[One Israel]]||[[Twenty-eighth government of Israel|28]]||{{start date|1999|7|6|df=y}}||{{end date|2001|3|7|df=y}}||
|-
|23||align=left|[[Reuven Rivlin]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Twenty-ninth government of Israel|29]]||{{start date|2001|3|7|df=y}}||{{end date|2003|2|28|df=y}}||
|-
|24||align=left|[[Ariel Sharon]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirtieth government of Israel|30]]||{{start date|2003|2|28|df=y}}||{{end date|2003|8|17|df=y}}||
|-
|25||align=left|[[Ehud Olmert]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirtieth government of Israel|30]]||{{start date|2003|9|29|df=y}}||{{end date|2005|1|10|df=y}}||
|-
|26||align=left|[[Dalia Itzik]]||align=left|[[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]]||[[Thirtieth government of Israel|30]]||{{start date|2005|1|10|df=y}}||{{end date|2005|11|23|df=y}}||
|-
|27||align=left|[[Avraham Hirschson]]||align=left|[[Kadima]]||[[Thirtieth government of Israel|30]]||{{start date|2006|1|18|df=y}}||{{end date|2006|5|4|df=y}}||
|-
|28||align=left|[[Ariel Atias]]||align=left|[[Shas]]||[[Thirty-first government of Israel|31]]||{{start date|2006|5|4|df=y}}||{{end date|2009|3|31|df=y}}||
|-
|29||align=left|[[Moshe Kahlon]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-second government of Israel|32]]||31 March 2009||18 March 2013||
|-
|30||align=left|[[Gilad Erdan]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-third government of Israel|33]]||18 March 2013||5 November 2014||
|-
|31||align=left|[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-third government of Israel|33]], [[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|34]]||5 November 2014||21 February 2017||Also serving Prime Minister
|-
|''32''||align=left|[[Tzachi Hanegbi]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|34]]||21 February 2017||29 May 2017||Acting Minister
|-
|33||align=left|[[Ayoob Kara]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|34]]||{{start date|2017|5|29|df=y}}||{{end date|2019|6|24|df=y}}||
|-
|34||align=left|[[Dudi Amsalem]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-fourth government of Israel|34]]||{{start date|2019|7|1|df=y}}||{{end date|2020|5|17|df=y}}||
|-
|35||align=left|[[Yoaz Hendel]]||align=left|[[Derekh Eretz (political faction)|Derekh Eretz]]||[[Thirty-fifth government of Israel|35]]||{{start date|2020|5|17|df=y}}  ||{{end date|2020|12|16|df=y}} ||
|-
|36||align=left|[[Eitan Ginzburg]]||align=left|[[Blue and White (political alliance)|Blue and White]]||[[Thirty-fifth government of Israel|35]]||{{start date|2021|05|03|df=y}}|| {{end date|2021|06|13|df=y}} ||
|-
|37||align=left|[[Yoaz Hendel]]||align=left|[[New Hope (Israel)|New Hope]]||[[Thirty-sixth government of Israel|36]]||{{start date|2021|06|13|df=y}}|| {{end date|2022|12|29|df=y}} ||
|-
|38||align=left|[[Shlomo Karhi]]||align=left|[[Likud]]||[[Thirty-seventh government of Israel|37]]||{{start date|2022|12|29|df=y}} || ||
|}

===Deputy ministers===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!#
!Minister
!Party
!Governments
!Term start
!Term end
|-
|1||align=left|[[Jabr Muadi]]
|align=left|[[Progress and Development]], [[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]
|[[Fifteenth government of Israel|15]], [[Sixteenth government of Israel|16]], [[Seventeenth government of Israel|17]]
|{{start date|1971|10|27|df=y}}||{{end date|1975|3|24|df=y}}
|-
|2||align=left|[[Eliyahu Moyal]]
|align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]
|[[Seventeenth government of Israel|17]]
|{{start date|1975|3|24|df=y}}||{{end date|1977|6|20|df=y}} 
|-
|3||align=left|[[Efraim Gur]]
|align=left|[[Alignment (political party)|Alignment]]
|[[Twenty-fourth government of Israel|24]]
|{{start date|1990|7|2|df=y}}||{{end date|1990|11|20|df=y}}  
|-
|4||align=left|[[Yitzhak Vaknin]]
|align=left|[[Shas]]
|[[Twenty-eighth government of Israel|28]]
|{{start date|1999|8|5|df=y}}||{{end date|2000|7|11|df=y}} 
|}

==External links==
*[https://www.knesset.gov.il/govt/eng/GovtByMinistry_eng.asp?ministry=17 All Ministers in the Ministry of Communications] Knesset website
*[http://www.moc.gov.il/130-en/MOC.aspx Israel Ministry of Communications site in English]
*[https://ib-lenhardt.com/type-approval/israel Communications Approval for Israel]

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