The Ministry of Health (, 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.Ministry of Health In addition to overseeing health services provided by HCOs such as Kupat Holim, Maccabi et al 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.Health Services in Israel
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.
In February 2022, the ministry banned medical professionals in Israel from providing conversion therapy.
List of ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endNotes1Haim-Moshe ShapiraUnited Religious Front,Hapoel HaMizrachiP, 1, 214 May 19488 October 19512Yosef BurgHapoel HaMizrachi38 October 195124 December 19523Yosef SapirGeneral Zionists424 December 195229 December 1952Sapir and Serlin swapped ministerial portfolios;Sapir became Minister of Transportation4Yosef SerlinGeneral Zionists4, 529 December 195329 June 19555Dov YosefMapai629 June 19553 November 19556Yisrael BarzilaiMapam7, 8, 93 November 19552 November 1961–Haim-Moshe Shapira10, 11, 122 November 196112 January 1966–Yisrael BarzilaiNot an MK13, 1412 January 196615 December 1969Member of Mapam7Haim GvatiAlignment1522 December 196927 July 19708Victor Shem-TovNot an MK15, 16, 1727 July 197020 June 1977Member of the Alignment9Eliezer ShostakLikud18, 19, 2020 June 197710Mordechai GurAlignment2120 October 198611Alignment2220 October 198622 December 198812Ya'akov TzurAlignment2322 December 198815 March 199013Ehud OlmertLikud2411 June 199013 July 199214Haim RamonLabor Party2513 July 19928 February 199415Yitzhak RabinLabor Party258 February 19941 June 1994Serving Prime Minister16Efraim SnehLabor Party25, 261 June 199418 June 199617Tzachi HanegbiLikud2718 June 199612 November 199618Yehoshua MatzaLikud2712 November 19966 July 199919Shlomo BenizriShas286 July 199911 July 200020Roni MiloCentre Party2810 August 20007 March 200121Nissim DahanShas297 March 200123 May 200222Ariel SharonLikud2923 May 20023 June 2002Serving Prime Minister–Nissim DahanShas293 June 200228 February 200323Dan NavehLikud3028 February 200314 January 200624Yaakov EdriKadima3018 January 20064 May 200625Ya'akov Ben-YezriGil314 May 200631 March 200926Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3231 March 200918 March 2013Serving Prime Minister27Yael GermanYesh Atid3318 March 20134 December 2014–Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3414 May 201527 August 2015Serving Prime Minister28Ya'akov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism3427 August 201528 November 2017–Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3428 November 2017 29 December 2019 Serving Prime Minister–Yaakov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism3429 December 201917 May 2020 29Yuli EdelsteinLikud3517 May 202013 June 202130Nitzan HorowitzMeretz3613 June 202129 December 202231Aryeh DeriShas3729 December 2022 24 January 2023–Yoav Ben-TzurShas3724 January 2023 19 April 2023Serving as Acting Minister following Aryeh Deri's dismissal32Moshe ArbelShas3719 April 2023 12 October 202333Uriel BusoShas3712 October 2023July 2025 –Benjamin NetanyahuLikud37July 2025 July 2025Serving as Acting Minister following Uriel Buso's resignation34Haim KatzLikud3729 July 2025
Deputy ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endNotes1Yitzhak RafaelNational Religious Party10, 11, 122 November 196122 March 19652Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirNational Religious Party1224 March 196512 January 19663Abd el-Aziz el-ZoubiAlignment1524 May 197110 March 19744Shoshana Arbeli-AlmozlinoAlignment2124 September 198420 October 19865Eliezer MizrahiAgudat YisraelGeulat Yisrael2425 June 199013 July 19926Nawaf MassalhaLabor Party25, 264 August 199218 June 19967Shlomo BenizriShas2713 August 19966 July 19998Ya'akov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism321 April 200918 March 2013De facto minister (UTJ do not take full cabinet posts)9Tzachi HanegbiLikud3324 December 201414 May 2015–Ya'akov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism3419 May 20152 September 2015De facto minister (UTJ do not take full cabinet posts)–Ya'akov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism3410 January 2018 29 December 2019 10Yoav KischLikud3525 May 202013 June 2021
See also Health care in Israel List of hospitals in Israel
References
External links Official website