The Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs is an occasional portfolio in the Israeli cabinet. It was first established under the government of Yitzhak Shamir on 27 November 1990, with Avraham Verdiger serving as deputy minister, although Avner Shaki had served as a Minister without Portfolio responsible for Jerusalem Affairs since 1988. However, the post was abolished by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (who was also the portfolio holder) on 31 December 1992.
It was brought back in 2001 in Ariel Sharon's government. In 2005 the role reverted to being the responsibility of a Minister without Portfolio. Between 2013 and 2015 it was combined with the Diaspora Affairs portfolio as the Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs.
List of ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endNotesMinister of Jerusalem Affairs1Avner Shaki2311 June 19902Yitzhak ShamirLikud2427 November 199013 July 1992Serving Prime Minister3Yitzhak RabinLabor Party2513 July 1992Serving Prime Minister4Eli SuissaShas297 March 200123 May 2002–Eli SuissaShas293 June 200228 February 20035Natan SharanskyNot an MK303 March 20034 May 2005Had been elected to the Knesset on the Yisrael BaAliyah6Haim RamonLabor Party3010 January 200523 November 20057Ya'akov EdriKadima314 May 20064 July 2007Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs8Likud3318 March 201329 April 2013Serving Prime Minister9Naftali BennettThe Jewish Home33, 3429 April 201319 May 2015Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage10Ze'ev ElkinLikud341 June 201617 May 202011Rafi PeretzLikud3517 May 202013 June 2021–Ze'ev ElkinNew Hope3613 June 202129 December 2022Minister of Jerusalem Affairs12Amihai EliyahuOtzma Yehudit3729 December 2022 21 January 2025 Minister of Heritage, serving alongside Meir Porush13Meir PorushUnited Torah Judaism3723 January 202317 July 2025 Minister of Tradition, serving alongside Amichai Eliyahu14Haim KatzLikud3723 January 2025 19 March 2025 Minister of Heritage, serving alongside Meir Porush15Amihai EliyahuOtzma Yehudit3719 March 2025 Minister of Heritage, serving alongside Meir Porush16Benjamin NetanyahuLikud37July 2025Minister of Tradition, serving alongside Amichai Eliyahu
Deputy ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm end1Avraham VerdigerAgudat Yisrael2427 November 199013 July 1992
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