The Minister of Labor (, Sar HaAvoda) was the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Labor and a position in the cabinet.
History The post was established in 1948 as the Minister of Labour and Construction,Provisional government of Israel Knesset website becoming the Minister of Labour and Social Security the following year.
In 1977 the post was merged with the Welfare Minister, becoming the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare. In 2003 the labor function was transferred to the Minister of Industry and Trade, which was renamed Industry, Trade and Labor Minister.
List ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endMinister Labor and Construction1Mordechai BentovMapamP14 May 194810 March 1949 Minister of Labor and Social Security2Golda MeirMapai1, 210 March 19498 October 1951Minister of Labor–Golda MeirMapai 3, 4, 5, 6, 78 October 195119 June 19563Mordechai NamirMapai7, 819 June 195617 December 19594Giora YoseftalMapai917 December 19592 November 19615Yigal AllonMapaiAlignmentLabor Party10, 11, 12, 132 November 19611 July 19686Yosef AlmogiLabor PartyAlignment13, 14, 158 July 196810 March 19747Yitzhak RabinAlignment1610 March 19743 June 19748Moshe BaramAlignment173 June 197420 June 1977
References
External links All Ministers in the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Knesset website