Ministry of Diaspora Affairs
The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is a government ministry in Israel. As a ministerial post in the Israeli cabinet, it has gone under several different names and was combined with the Jerusalem portfolio between 2013 and 2015. Between June and November 2005 there was also a Deputy Minister.
 Emblem of Israel | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1999 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Israel |
| Minister responsible | |
List of portfolio holders
| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Social and Diaspora Affairs | ||||||
| 1 | Michael Melchior | One Israel | 28 | 5 August 1999 | 7 March 2001 | |
| 2 | Natan Sharansky | Likud | 30 | 3 March 2003 | 4 May 2006 | |
| Minister of Diaspora, Society and the Fight Against Antisemitism | ||||||
| 3 | Isaac Herzog | Labor Party | 31 | 21 March 2007 | 31 March 2009 | |
| Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs | ||||||
| 4 | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Likud | 32 | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | |
| Minister of Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs | ||||||
| 5 | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | 33 | 18 March 2013 | 29 April 2013 | Serving Prime Minister |
| 6 | Naftali Bennett | The Jewish Home | 33, 34 | 29 April 2013 | 1 June 2015 | |
| Minister of Diaspora Affairs | ||||||
| – | Naftali Bennett | The Jewish Home | 33, 34 | 1 June 2015 | 2 June 2019 | |
| 7 | Tzipi Hotovely | Likud | 34 | 5 January 2020 | 17 May 2020 | |
| 8 | Omer Yankelevich | Israel Resilience Party, Blue and White | 17 May 2020 | |||
Deputy ministers
| # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Melchior | Meimad | 30 | 20 June 2005 | 23 November 2005 |
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