The Ministry of Science and Technology is a government ministry in Israel, headed by the Science and Technology Minister. The portfolio has been renamed several times since its creation, and has previously included Culture and Sport, which is now the responsibility of the Culture and Sport Ministry. In April 2013, the Ministry added "Space" to its name to promote space research and technology.
The ministry is responsible for defining national policy on issues related to Science and technology in Israel, and promoting scientific and technological research, infrastructure and projects. In addition, under its jurisdiction, it acts to develop human capital, increase the social and economic vigor of Israeli society, and maintain equal opportunity in all areas of science and technology. Amongst its goals, the Ministry constitutes a connecting link between basic research, applied research and industrial development. Another central goal of the Ministry is to strengthen as well as initiate international scientific collaborations with other countries and international organization.Ministry of Science and Technology Retrieved 2010-01-27
List of ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endNotesMinister of Science and Development1Yuval Ne'emanTehiya1926 July 198210 October 1983Minister of Science and Technology–Yuval Ne'emanTehiya2010 October 198313 September 1984Minister of Science and Development2Gideon PattLikud21, 2213 September 198422 December 1988Minister of Science and Technology3Ezer WeizmanAlignment2322 December 198815 March 1990–Yuval Ne'emanLikud2411 June 199021 January 19924Amnon RubinsteinMeretz2513 July 199231 December 19925Shimon ShetreetLabor Party2513 July 19927 June 1993Minister of Science and the Arts6Shulamit AloniMeretz26, 267 June 199318 June 1996Minister of Science7Ze'ev Binyamin BeginLikud2718 June 199616 January 19978Benjamin ButcheryahuLikud2718 June 19969 July 1997Serving Prime MinisterMinister of Science and Technology9Michael EitanLikud279 July 199713 July 199810Silvan ShalomLikud2713 July 19986 July 1999Minister of Science11Ehud BarakOne Israel286 July 19995 August 1999Serving Prime MinisterMinister of Science, Culture and Sport12Matan VilnaiOne IsraelLabor Party28, 295 August 19992 November 2002Minister of Science and Technology13Eliezer SandbergShinui3028 February 200319 July 200414Ilan ShalgiShinui3024 July 200429 November 200415Victor BrailovskyShinui3029 November 20044 December 2004–Matan VilnaiLabor Party3028 August 200523 November 2005Initially Acting, appointed permanently on 7 November16Roni Bar-OnKadima3018 January 20064 May 2006Minister of Science, Culture and Sport17Ophir Pines-PazLabor Party314 May 20061 November 200618Yuli TamirLabor Party315 November 200621 March 2007Acting Minister19Raleb MajadeleLabor Party3121 March 200731 March 2009Minister of Science and Technology20Daniel HershkowitzThe Jewish Home3231 March 200918 March 2013Minister of Science, Technology and Space21Yaakov PeriYesh Atid3318 March 20134 December 201422Danny DanonLikud3414 May 201527 August 201523Ofir AkunisLikud3427 August 201517 May 202024Yizhar ShaiBlue and White3517 May 202012 January 202125Orit Farkash-HacohenBlue and White3613 June 202129 December 202226Ofir AkunisLikud3729 December 2022 18 March 202427Gila GamlielLikud3718 March 2024
Deputy ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm end1Geula CohenTehiya2425 June 199031 October 19912Tzipi HotovelyLikud3329 December 201414 May 2015
See also Science and technology in Israel
References
External links Official website All Ministers in the Ministry of Science Knesset website