Ministerial health department of the Israeli Government
The Ministry of Health (Hebrew : מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת , translit. Misrad HaBri'ut ) is a ministry in the Israeli government , responsible for formulating health policies. The ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinates the country's health care services.[ 1] Kupat Holim and family health centers such as Tipat Halav, the ministry maintains general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, treatment programs for substance abuse, and facilities for the chronically ill.[ 2]
The current Minister of Health is Uriel Buso
History
In January 2021, the ministry entered a collaborative agreement with Pfizer granting the company access to Israel citizens' personal electronic medical records in order to observe the real-world safety and efficacy of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine product.[ 3]
In February 2022, the ministry banned medical professionals in Israel from providing conversion therapy .[ 4]
List of ministers
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Minister
Party
Government
Term start
Term end
Notes
1
Haim-Moshe Shapira United Religious Front ,Hapoel HaMizrachi P , 1 , 2 14 May 1948
8 October 1951
2
Yosef Burg Hapoel HaMizrachi 3 8 October 1951
24 December 1952
3
Yosef Sapir General Zionists 4 24 December 1952
29 December 1952
Sapir and Serlin swapped ministerial portfolios;Minister of Transportation
4
Yosef Serlin General Zionists 4 , 5 29 December 1953
29 June 1955
5
Dov Yosef Mapai 6 29 June 1955
3 November 1955
6
Yisrael Barzilai Mapam 7 , 8 , 9 3 November 1955
2 November 1961
–
Haim-Moshe Shapira National Religious Party 10 , 11 , 12 2 November 1961
12 January 1966
–
Yisrael Barzilai Not an MK
13 , 14 12 January 1966
15 December 1969
Member of Mapam
7
Haim Gvati Alignment 15 22 December 1969
27 July 1970
8
Victor Shem-Tov Not an MK
15 , 16 , 17 27 July 1970
20 June 1977
Member of the Alignment
9
Eliezer Shostak Likud 18 , 19 , 20 20 June 1977
13 September 1984
10
Mordechai Gur Alignment 21 13 September 1984 20 October 1986
11
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino Alignment 22 20 October 1986
22 December 1988
12
Ya'akov Tzur Alignment 23 22 December 1988
15 March 1990
13
Ehud Olmert Likud 24 11 June 1990
13 July 1992
14
Haim Ramon Labor Party 25 13 July 1992
8 February 1994
15
Yitzhak Rabin Labor Party 25 8 February 1994
1 June 1994
Serving Prime Minister
16
Efraim Sneh Labor Party 25 , 26 1 June 1994
18 June 1996
17
Tzachi Hanegbi Likud 27 18 June 1996
12 November 1996
18
Yehoshua Matza Likud 27 12 November 1996
6 July 1999
19
Shlomo Benizri Shas 28 6 July 1999
11 July 2000
20
Roni Milo Centre Party 28 10 August 2000
7 March 2001
21
Nissim Dahan Shas 29 7 March 2001
23 May 2002
22
Ariel Sharon Likud 29 23 May 2002
3 June 2002
Serving Prime Minister
–
Nissim Dahan Shas 29 3 June 2002
28 February 2003
23
Dan Naveh Likud 30 28 February 2003
14 January 2006
24
Yaakov Edri Kadima 30 18 January 2006
4 May 2006
25
Ya'akov Ben-Yezri Gil 31 4 May 2006
31 March 2009
26
Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 32 31 March 2009
18 March 2013
Serving Prime Minister
27
Yael German Yesh Atid 33 18 March 2013
4 December 2014
–
Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 34 14 May 2015
27 August 2015
Serving Prime Minister
28
Ya'akov Litzman United Torah Judaism 34 27 August 2015
28 November 2017
–
Benjamin Netanyahu Likud 34 28 November 2017
29 December 2019
Serving Prime Minister
–
Yaakov Litzman United Torah Judaism 34 29 December 2019[ 5]
17 May 2020
29
Yuli Edelstein Likud 35 17 May 2020
13 June 2021
30
Nitzan Horowitz Meretz 36 13 June 2021
29 December 2022
31
Aryeh Deri Shas 37 29 December 2022
24 January 2023
–
Yoav Ben-Tzur Shas 37 24 January 2023
19 April 2023
Serving as Acting Minister following Aryeh Deri's dismissal[ 6]
32
Moshe Arbel Shas 37 19 April 2023
12 October 2023
33
Uriel Buso Shas 37 12 October 2023
Deputy ministers
See also
References
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