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Israel Cabinet & Ministers: Thirty-Seventh Government

(December 29, 2022 - )

Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud)

Minister of Defense – Israel Katz (Likud)

Minister of Foreign Affairs – Gideon Sa‘ar (Likud)

Minister of Finance – Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionists)

Minister of Justice – Yariv Levin (Likud)

Minister of Interior – Yariv Levin (Likud)

Minister of Health – Yariv Levin (Likud)

Minister of Education – Yoav Kisch (Likud)

Minister of Transportation – Miri Regev (Likud)

Minister for Housing and Construction – Israel Eichler (UTJ)

Minister for National Security – Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit)

Minister for Environmental Protection – Idit Silman (Likud)

Minister of Energy* – Eli Cohen (Likud)

Minister of Communications – Shlomo Karhi (Likud)

Minister for Economy and Industry – Nir Barkat (Likud)

Minister of Welfare – Haim Katz (Likud)

Minister of Tourism – Haim Katz (Likud)

Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology – Gila Gamliel (Likud)

Minister of Agriculture – Avi Dichter (Likud)

Minister for Diaspora Affairs – Amichai Chikli (Likud) [Resigned as Minister of Social Equality in January 2024]

Minister for Culture and Sports – Miki Zohar (Likud)

Minister for Intelligence – Gila Gamliel (Likud)

Minister for Strategic Affairs – Ron Dermer (not a member of Knesset)

Minister for Religious Affairs – Yariv Levin (Likud)

Minister for National Missions – Orit Strock (Religious Zionists)

Minister for Immigration and Absorption – Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionists)

Minister for Jerusalem and Tradition – Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism)

Minister for the development of the Negev and the Galilee – Yitzhak Wasserlauf (Otzma Yehudit)

Ministry of the Galilee and National Resilience - Haim Katz (Likud)

Minister of Heritage – Amichai Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit)

Minister of Social Equality and Women’s Advancement – May Golan (Likud)

Minister within the Finance Ministry – Ze’ev Elkin (HaYamin HaMamlachti)

Minister within the Welfare Ministry – Yariv Levin (Likud)

*Replaced Aryeh Deri after the Israeli High Court ruled he was ineligible to serve in the government.