This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2022) | This is a list of female cabinet ministers of Israel. Numerical order represents the order of first appointment to the cabinet. Age represents age on appointment to that office. Denotes incumbent minister # | Name | Portrait | Office | Party | Appointed | Left office | Age | Prime Minister | Government | | | | | | | | | 1 | Golda Meir (1898–1978) | | Minister of Labor | Mapai | 10 March 1949 | 19 June 1956 | 50 | David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs | Mapai, Alignment | 18 June 1956 | 12 January 1966 | 58 | David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol | 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Prime Minister | Labor | 17 March 1969 | 3 June 1974 | 70 | self | 14th, 15th, 16th 2 | Shulamit Aloni (1928–2014) | | Minister without Portfolio | Ratz | 3 June 1974 | 6 November 1974 | 45 | Yitzhak Rabin | 17th Minister of Education and Culture | Meretz | 13 July 1992 | 11 May 1993 | 63 | 25th Minister without Portfolio | 11 May 1993 | 7 June 1993 Minister of Science and Technology | 11 May 1993 | 1 August 1993 Minister of Communications | 7 June 1993 | 18 June 1996 | Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres | 25th, 26th Minister of Science and the Arts | 22 November 1995 | 18 June 1996 | 66 | Shimon Peres | 26th 3 | Sarah Doron (1922–2010) | | Minister without Portfolio | Likud | 5 July 1983 | 13 September 1984 | 61 | Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir | 19th, 20th 4 | Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino (1926–2015) | - | Minister of Health | Alignment | 20 October 1986 | 22 December 1988 | 60 | Yitzhak Shamir | 22nd 5 | Ora Namir (born 1930) | | Minister of the Environment | Labor | 13 July 1992 | 31 December 1992 | 61 | Yitzhak Rabin | 25th Minister of Labor and Welfare | 31 December 1992 | 21 May 1996 | 62 | Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres | 25th, 26th 6 | Limor Livnat (born 1950) | | Minister of Communications | Likud | 18 June 1996 | 6 July 1999 | 45 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 27th Minister of Education | 7 March 2001 | 14 January 2006 | 50 | Ariel Sharon | 29th, 30th Minister of Culture and Sport | 31 March 2009 | 14 May 2015 | 58 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 32nd, 33rd 7= | Dalia Itzik (born 1952) | | Minister of the Environment | Labor | 6 July 1999 | 7 March 2001 | 46 | Ehud Barak | 28th Minister of Industry and Trade | 7 March 2001 | 2 November 2002 | 48 | Ariel Sharon | 29th Minister of Communications | 10 January 2005 | 23 November 2005 | 52 | 30th 7= | Yuli Tamir (born 1954) | | Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Labor | 5 August 1999 | 7 March 2001 | 45 | Ehud Barak | 28th Minister of Education | 4 May 2006 | 31 March 2009 | 52 | Ehud Olmert | 31st 9 | Tzipi Livni (born 1958) | | Minister of Regional Cooperation | Likud | 7 March 2001 | 29 August 2001 | 42 | Ariel Sharon | 29th Minister without Portfolio | 29 August 2001 | 17 December 2002 | 43 Minister of Agriculture | 17 December 2002 | 28 February 2003 | 44 Minister of Housing and Construction | 4 July 2004 | 10 January 2005 | 45 | 30th Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Likud, Kadima | 28 February 2003 | 4 May 2006 | 44 | Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert Minister of Justice | 5 December 2004 | 4 May 2006 | 46 Minister of Foreign Affairs | Kadima | 4 May 2006 | 31 March 2009 | 47 | Ehud Olmert | 30th, 31st Minister of Justice | 29 November 2006 | 7 February 2007 | 48 Minister of Justice | Hatnuah | 18 March 2013 | 4 December 2014 | 54 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 33rd 10 | Yehudit Naot (1944-2004) | | Minister of the Environment | Shinui | 28 February 2003 | 17 October 2004 | 58 | Ariel Sharon | 30th 11 | Ruhama Avraham (born 1964) | | Minister without Portfolio | Kadima | 4 July 2007 | 14 July 2008 | 43 | Ehud Olmert | 31st Minister of Tourism | 14 July 2008 | 31 March 2009 | 44 12 | Sofa Landver (born 1949) | | Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Yisrael Beiteinu | 18 March 2013 | 10 May 2015 | 63 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 32nd Minister of Aliyah and Integration | 30 May 2016 | 18 November 2018 | 66 | 34th 13 | Orit Noked (born 1952) | | Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Independence | 19 January 2011 | 18 March 2013 | 58 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 32nd 14 | Yael German (born 1947) | | Minister of Health | Yesh Atid | 18 March 2013 | 4 December 2014 | 63 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 33rd 15= | Gila Gamliel (born 1974) | | Minister for Social Equality | Likud | 14 May 2015 | 17 May 2020 | 41 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 34th 15= | Miri Regev (born 1965) | | Minister of Culture and Sport | Likud | 14 May 2015 | 17 May 2020 | 49 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 34th Minister for Transportation | 17 May 2020 | 13 June 2021 | 55 | 35th 15= | Ayelet Shaked (born 1976) | | Minister of Justice | The Jewish Home | 14 May 2015 | 4 June 2019 | 39 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 34th 18 | Yifat Shasha-Biton (born 1973) | | Minister of Construction and Housing | Kulanu | 9 January 2019 | 17 May 2020 | 45 | Benjamin Netanyahu | 34th Minister of Education | New Hope | 13 June 2021 | Incumbent | 48 | Naftali Bennett | 36th ## See also[edit] * Cabinet * Cabinet of Israel * Politics of Israel ## External links[edit] * List of female cabinet ministers of Israel