The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security of Israel (, Misrad HaHakla'ut UBithon Hamazon) is the ministry of the Israeli government that oversees the country's agricultural industry. The ministry was originally called the Ministry of Agriculture but in 1992 the title was changed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Development Ministry, which oversaw rural development, was abolished in 1974. In 2024 the title was changed to its current one.
List of ministers The Agriculture and Food Security Minister (, Sar HaHakla'ut UBithon Hamazon; ) is the political head of the ministry, considered a relatively minor position in the Israel cabinet. Two serving Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin and Ehud Barak, also served as agriculture ministers; Begin following the death of the incumbent, and Barak following the resignation of the former minister's party from his coalition. There is occasionally a Deputy Minister of Agriculture.
#MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endNotesMinister of Agriculture1Aharon ZislingMapamProvisional14 May 194810 March 19492Dov YosefMapai11 June 19491 November 19503Pinhas LavonMapai2November 1, 1950October 8, 19514Levi EshkolMapai3October 8, 1951June 25, 19525Peretz NaftaliMapai3, 4, 5, 6June 25, 1952November 3, 19556Kadish LuzMapai7, 8November 3, 1955December 17, 19597Moshe DayanMapai9, 10, 11December 17, 1959November 4, 19648Haim GvatiMapai, Alignment 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16November 9, 1964June 3, 1974Not a Knesset member for part of term in office9Aharon UzanAlignment17June 3, 1974June 20, 1977Not a Knesset Member10Ariel SharonLikud18June 20, 1977August 5, 198111Simha ErlichLikud19August 5, 1981June 19, 1983Died in office12Likud19June 19, 1983October 10, 1983Also serving prime minister13Pesah GrupperLikud20October 10, 198314Aryeh NehemkinAlignment21, 2215Avraham Katz-OzAlignment23March 15, 199016Rafael EitanTzomet24June 11, 1990December 31, 1991Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development17Ya'akov TzurLabor Party25, 26July 13, 1992June 18, 1996–Rafael EitanTzomet27June 18, 1996July 6, 199918Haim OronMeretz28August 5, 1999June 24, 200019Ehud BarakLabor Party28June 24, 2000March 7, 2001Also serving prime minister20Shalom SimhonLabor Party29March 7, 2001November 2, 200221Tzipi LivniLikud29December 17, 2002February 28, 200322Yisrael KatzLikud30February 28, 2003January 14, 200623Ze'ev BoimKadima30January 18, 2006May 4, 2006–Shalom SimhonLabor Party31, 324 May 200618 January 201124Orit NokedIndependence3218 January 201118 March 201325Yair ShamirYisrael Beiteinu3318 March 201314 May 201526Uri Ariel3414 May 2015 15 November 2019 27Tzachi HanegbiLikud3420 January 202017 May 202028Alon SchusterBlue and White3517 May 202013 June 202129Oded ForerYisrael Beiteinu3613 June 202129 December 202230Avi DichterLikud3729 December 202230 June 2024Minister of Agriculture and Food Security30Avi DichterLikud3730 June 2024
Deputy ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm end1Yosef EfratiMapai39 July 195224 December 19522Ze'ev TzurAhdut HaAvoda7, 85 December 195517 December 19593Aharon UzanAlignment13, 1417 January 196617 March 19694Ben-Zion HalfonAlignment1522 December 196910 March 1974 5Jabr MuadiAlignment, Progress and Development, United Arab List1724 March 197520 June 1977 6Pesah GrupperLikud1911 August 198110 October 19837Michael DekelLikud2010 October 198313 September 1984 8Avraham Katz-OzAlignment21, 2224 September 198422 December 19889Walid Haj YahiaMeretz25, 264 August 199218 June 199610Gila GamlielLikud3030 March 200514 January 2006 11Moshe AbutbulShas374 January 2023 20 July 2025
Units
Plant Protection and Inspection Services
Insurance Agricultural insurance in the country is provided by KANAT, the Insurance Fund for Natural Risks in Agriculture. It is jointly owned by the government and the farm marketing boards, and overseen by the Ministry. The KANAT Award is given for agricultural research.
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External links
All Ministers in the Ministry of Agriculture Knesset website Ministry of Agriculture website Ministry of Agriculture Facebook Ministry of Agriculture Instagram Ministry of Agriculture Telegram Ministry of Agriculture LinkedIn Ministry of Agriculture Twitter Ministry of Agriculture YouTube