The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure () is the Israeli government ministry responsible for energy and water infrastructure. The ministry has changed names several times since its establishment.

The ministerial post was established in 1977, succeeding the position of Development Ministry, which had been abolished three years earlier.

Names The Ministry of Energy has been called the following names: Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (משרד האנרגיה והתשתיות) – 1977–1996 Ministry of National Infrastructures (משרד התשתיות הלאומיות) – 1996–2011 Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (משרד האנרגיה והמים) – 2011–2013 Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water (משרד התשתיות הלאומיות, האנרגיה והמים) – 2013–2017 Ministry of Energy (משרד האנרגיה) – 2017–2023 Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (משרד האנרגיה והתשתיות) – 2023–

List of ministers

#MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endMinistry of Energy and Infrastructure1Yitzhak Moda'iLikud18June 20, 1977August 5, 19812Yitzhak BermanLikud19August 5, 1981September 30, 1982–Yitzhak Moda'iLikud19–20October 19, 1982September 13, 19843Moshe ShahalAlignment21–23September 13, 1984March 15, 19904Yuval Ne'emanTehiya24June 11, 1990January 21, 19925Yitzhak ShamirLikud24January 21, 1992July 13, 19926Amnon RubinsteinMeretz25July 13, 1992June 7, 1993–Moshe ShahalLabor Party25July 13, 1992January 9, 19957Gonen SegevYiud25, 26January 9, 1995June 18, 1996Minister of National Infrastructure8Yitzhak LevyNational Religious Party27June 18, 1996July 8, 19969Ariel SharonLikud27July 8, 1996July 6, 199910Eli SuissaShas28July 6, 1999July 11, 200011Avraham ShochatOne Israel28October 11, 2000March 7, 200112Avigdor LiebermanYisrael Beiteinu29March 7, 2001March 14, 200213Effi EitamNational Religious Party29September 18, 2002February 28, 200314Yosef ParitzkyShinui30February 28, 2003July 13, 200415Eliezer SandbergShinui30July 19, 2004December 4, 200416Binyamin Ben-EliezerLabor Party30January 10, 2005November 23, 200517Roni Bar-OnKadima30January 18, 2006May 4, 2006–Binyamin Ben-EliezerLabor Party31May 4, 2006March 31, 2009Minister of Energy and Water18Uzi LandauYisrael Beiteinu3231 March 200918 March 2013Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water19Silvan ShalomLikud3318 March 201314 May 201520Yuval SteinitzLikud34, 3514 May 2015 13 June 202121Karine ElharrarYesh Atid3613 June 202129 December 202222Israel KatzLikud3729 December 20221 January 202423Eli CohenLikud371 January 2024

Deputy ministers #MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm end1Naomi BlumenthalLikud297 March 20011 January 2003

References

External links Official website All Ministers in the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure Knesset website