The Ministry of Interior (; ) in the State of Israel is one of the government offices that is responsible for local government, citizenship and residency, identity cards, and student and entry visas.
Responsibilities Providing citizenship and permanent resident status. Issuing of entry visas and staying visas in the country. Inhabitants administration: personal registration Issuing of Israeli identity cards. Issuing of Israeli passports. Personal registrations such as birth, marriage etc. Local government, city councils and local councils supervision Appointing and dismissing District Commissioners Elections Associations Planning and building supervising
Departments Local Government Administration
Emergency Service Administration
Population and Immigration Authority National Planning Headquarters Source:
List of ministers #NamePartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endNotes1Yitzhak GruenbaumIndependentP14 May 194810 March 19492Haim-Moshe ShapiraUnited Religious Front,Hapoel HaMizrachi1, 2, 310 March 194924 December 19523Israel RokahGeneral Zionists4, 524 December 195229 June 1955–Haim-Moshe ShapiraHapoel HaMizrachi629 June 19553 November 19554Israel Bar-YehudaAhdut HaAvoda7, 83 November 195517 December 1959–Haim-Moshe ShapiraNational Religious Party9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 1517 December 195916 July 19705Golda Meir Alignment1516 July 19701 September 1970Serving Prime Minister6Yosef BurgNational Religious Party15, 161 September 19703 June 19747 Shlomo HillelAlignment173 June 197429 October 1974–Yosef BurgNational Religious Party1729 October 197422 December 1976–Shlomo HillelAlignment1716 January 197720 June 1977–Yosef BurgNational Religious Party18, 19, 2020 June 197713 September 19848Shimon PeresAlignment2113 September 198424 December 1984Serving Prime Minister9Yitzhak PeretzShas21, 2224 December 19846 January 198710Yitzhak ShamirLikud226 January 198722 December 1988Serving Prime Minister11Aryeh DeriShas23, 24, 2522 December 198811 May 199312Yitzhak RabinLabor Party2511 May 19937 June 1993Serving Prime Minister–Aryeh DeriShas257 June 199314 September 1993–Yitzhak RabinLabor Party2514 September 199327 February 1995Serving Prime Minister13Uzi BaramLabor Party2527 February 19957 June 199514David LibaiLabor Party2519 June 199518 July 199515Ehud BarakLabor Party2518 July 199522 November 199516Haim RamonLabor Party2622 November 199518 June 199617Eli SuissaNot an MK2718 June 19966 July 199918Natan SharanskyYisrael BaAliyah286 July 199911 July 2000–Haim RamonOne Israel2811 July 20007 March 200119Eli YishaiShas297 March 200123 May 200220Ariel SharonLikud2923 May 20023 June 2002Serving Prime Minister–Eli YishaiShas293 June 200228 February 200321Avraham PorazShinui3028 February 20034 December 200422Ophir Pines-PazLabor Party3010 January 200523 November 2005–Ariel SharonKadima3023 November 20054 May 2006Serving Prime Minister23Roni Bar-OnKadima314 May 20064 July 200724Meir SheetritKadima314 July 200731 March 2009–Eli YishaiShas3231 March 200918 March 201325Gideon Sa'arLikud3318 March 20135 November 201426Gilad ErdanLikud335 November 201414 May 201527Silvan ShalomLikud3414 May 201527 December 201528Benjamin NetanyahuLikud3427 December 201511 January 2016Serving Prime Minister–Aryeh DeriShas34, 3511 January 201613 June 202129Ayelet ShakedYamina3613 June 202129 December 202230Aryeh DeriShas3729 December 202224 January 2023–Michael MalchieliShas3724 January 202319 April 2023Served as Acting Minister following Aryeh Deri's dismissal31Moshe ArbelShas3719 April 202322 July 2025Resigned in July 2025–Benjamin NetanyahuLikud37July 2025July 2025–Yariv LevinLikud3729 July 2025October 2025Interim
Deputy ministers #NamePartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm end1Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-MeirNational Religious Party9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1428 December 195915 December 19692Yosef GoldschmidtNational Religious Party1522 December 196916 July 1970 –Yosef GoldschmidtNational Religious Party1519 July 19701 September 1970 3Rafael PinhasiShas2315 January 199011 June 1990 4Salah TarifLabor Party2527 November 199518 June 1996 5David AzulaiShas292 May 200123 May 2002 –David AzulaiShas293 June 200228 February 2003 6Victor BrailovskyShinui305 March 200329 November 2004 7Ruhama AvrahamKadima3030 March 20054 May 20068Yaron MazuzLikud3414 June 201511 January 20169Meshulam NahariShas3413 January 201626 January 202010Yoav Ben-TzurShas3525 May 202013 June 2021
References
External links
Interior Ministry site All Ministers in the Ministry of Internal Affairs Knesset website