ministry of health (israel) ministry of health (israel) the ministry of health (hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת, translit. misrad habri'ut) is a ministry in the israeli government, responsible for formulating health policies. the ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinates the country's health care services. in addition to overseeing health services provided by kupat holim and family health centers such as tipat halav, the ministry maintains general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, mental health clinics, treatment programs for substance abuse, and facilities for the chronically ill. ministry of healthמשרד הבריאותministry of health buildingagency overviewformed1948jurisdictiongovernment of israelminister responsibleyoav ben-tzur (acting)websitewww.health.gov.il the current acting minister of health is yoav ben-tzur. history in january 2021, the ministry entered a collaborative agreement with pfizer granting the company access to israel citizens' personal electronic medical records in order to observe the real-world safety and efficacy of the bnt162b2 covid-19 vaccine product. in february 2022, the ministry banned medical professionals in israel from providing conversion therapy. list of ministers # minister party government term start term end notes 1haim-moshe shapiraunited religious front,hapoel hamizrachip, 1, 214 may 19488 october 1951 2yosef burghapoel hamizrachi38 october 195124 december 1952 3yosef sapirgeneral zionists424 december 195229 december 1952sapir and serlin swapped ministerial portfolios;sapir became minister of transportation 4yosef serlingeneral zionists4, 529 december 195329 june 1955 5dov yosefmapai629 june 19553 november 1955 6yisrael barzilaimapam7, 8, 93 november 19552 november 1961 –haim-moshe shapiranational religious party10, 11, 122 november 196112 january 1966 –yisrael barzilainot an mk13, 1412 january 196615 december 1969member of mapam 7haim gvatialignment1522 december 196927 july 1970 8victor shem-tovnot an mk15, 16, 1727 july 197020 june 1977member of the alignment 9eliezer shostaklikud18, 19, 2020 june 197713 september 1984 10mordechai guralignment2113 september 198420 october 1986 11shoshana arbeli-almozlinoalignment2220 october 198622 december 1988 12ya'akov tzuralignment2322 december 198815 march 1990 13ehud olmertlikud2411 june 199013 july 1992 14haim ramonlabor party2513 july 19928 february 1994 15yitzhak rabinlabor party258 february 19941 june 1994serving prime minister 16efraim snehlabor party25, 261 june 199418 june 1996 17tzachi hanegbilikud2718 june 199612 november 1996 18yehoshua matzalikud2712 november 19966 july 1999 19shlomo benizrishas286 july 199911 july 2000 20roni milocentre party2810 august 20007 march 2001 21nissim dahanshas297 march 200123 may 2002 22ariel sharonlikud2923 may 20023 june 2002serving prime minister –nissim dahanshas293 june 200228 february 2003 23dan navehlikud3028 february 200314 january 2006 24yaakov edrikadima3018 january 20064 may 2006 25ya'akov ben-yezrigil314 may 200631 march 2009 26benjamin netanyahulikud3231 march 200918 march 2013serving prime minister 27yael germanyesh atid3318 march 20134 december 2014 –benjamin netanyahulikud3414 may 201527 august 2015serving prime minister 28ya'akov litzmanunited torah judaism3427 august 201528 november 2017 –benjamin netanyahulikud3428 november 201729 december 2019serving prime minister –yaakov litzmanunited torah judaism3429 december 201917 may 2020 29yuli edelsteinlikud3517 may 202013 june 2021 30nitzan horowitzmeretz3613 june 202129 december 2022 31aryeh derishas3729 december 202224 january 2023 32yoav ben-tzurshas3724 january 2023serving as acting minister following aryeh deri's dismissal deputy ministers # minister party government term start term end notes 1yitzhak rafaelnational religious party10, 11, 122 november 196122 march 1965 2shlomo-yisrael ben-meirnational religious party1224 march 196512 january 1966 3abd el-aziz el-zoubialignment1524 may 197110 march 1974 4shoshana arbeli-almozlinoalignment2124 september 198420 october 1986 5eliezer mizrahiagudat yisraelgeulat yisrael2425 june 199013 july 1992 6nawaf massalhalabor party25, 264 august 199218 june 1996 7shlomo benizrishas2713 august 19966 july 1999 8ya'akov litzmanunited torah judaism321 april 200918 march 2013de facto minister (utj do not take full cabinet posts) 9tzachi hanegbilikud3324 december 201414 may 2015 –ya'akov litzmanunited torah judaism3419 may 20152 september 2015de facto minister (utj do not take full cabinet posts) –ya'akov litzmanunited torah judaism3410 january 201829 december 2019 10yoav kischlikud3525 may 202013 june 2021