The Labor, Welfare and Health Committee of the Knesset deals with labor, employment and welfare matters, [1] which operates continuously from the first Knesset until the dissolution of the 20th Knesset. After not being filled during the 21st and 22nd Knessets due to the lack of a government, in the 23rd Knesset, the Knesset plenum approved the proposal of the organizing committee to establish it as a special committee on welfare and labor that will operate until the establishment of the standing committees. The special committee was headed by Aida Touma-Suleiman from the Joint List, until Haim Katz was elected to chair the committee. Following the formation of the Israeli government, the committee was split - into the Labor and Welfare Committee, and the Health Committee. The chair of the Labor and Welfare Committee is Efrat Raytan from the Labor Party, and the chair of the Health Committee is Idit Silman from Yamina party.
Portrait | Chair | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref. | |
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Akiva Govrin (1902–1980) | 1949 | 1951 | Mapai | [2] | ||
Pinhas Lavon (1904–1976) | 1949 | 1951 | Mapai | [3] | ||
Avraham Rakanti (1888–1980) | 1949 | 1951 | Herut | [4] | ||
(1902–1980) | Akiva Govrin1951 | 1955 | Mapai | [2] | ||
Binyamin Avniel (1906–1993) | 1951 | 1955 | Herut | [5] | ||
Aryeh Altman (1902–1982) | 1951 | 1955 | Herut | [6] | ||
(1902–1980) | Akiva Govrin1955 | 1959 | Mapai | [2] | ||
Moshe Erem (1896–1978) | 1955 | 1959 | Ahdut HaAvoda | [7] | ||
(1902–1980) | Akiva Govrin1959 | 1961 | Mapai | [2] | ||
Nahum Nir (1884–1968) | 1959 | 1961 | Ahdut HaAvoda | [8] | ||
(1902–1980) | Akiva Govrin1961 | 1965 | Mapai | [2] | ||
Moshe Baram (1911–1986) | 1961 | 1965 | Mapai | [9] | ||
(1884–1968) | Nahum Nir1961 | 1965 | Ahdut HaAvoda | [8] | ||
(1911–1986) | Moshe Baram1965 | 1969 | Labor | [9] | ||
(1896–1978) | Moshe Erem1965 | 1969 | Labor | [7] | ||
Shlomo Rosen (1905–1985) | 1965 | 1969 | Mapam | [10] | ||
Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino (1926–2015) | 1969 | 1974 | Alignment | [11] | ||
Haika Grossman (1919–1996) | 1969 | 1974 | Alignment | [12] | ||
(1926–2015) | Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino1974 | 1977 | Alignment | [11] | ||
(1919–1996) | Haika Grossman1974 | 1977 | Mapam | [12] | ||
Menachem Porush (1916–2010) | 1977 | 1984 | Agudat Yisrael | [13] | ||
Ora Namir (1930–2019) | 1984 | 1992 | Labor | [14] | ||
Yossi Katz (born 1949) | 1992 | 1996 | Labor | [15] | ||
Amir Peretz (born 1952) | 1992 | 1996 | Labor | [16] | ||
Maxim Levy (1950–2002) | 1996 | 1999 | Gesher (1996 political party) | [17] | ||
David Tal (born 1950) | 1999 | 2003 | Shas | [18] | ||
Yair Peretz (born 1954) | 1999 | 2003 | Shas | [19] | ||
Shaul Yahalom (born 1947) | 2003 | 2006 | Mafdal | [20] | ||
Haim Katz (born 1947) | 2003 | 2006 | Likud | [21] | ||
Moshe Sharoni (1929–2020) | 2006 | 2009 | Dor (political party) | [22] | ||
Yitzhak Galanti (1937–2012) | 2006 | 2009 | Dor (political party) | [23] | ||
(born 1947) | Haim Katz2009 | 2015 | Likud | [21] | ||
Eli Alaluf (born 1945) | 2015 | 2019 | Kulanu | [24] | ||
(born 1947) | Haim Katz2020 | 2021 | Likud | [21] | ||
Efrat Rayten (born 1972) | 2021 | 2022 | Labor | [25] [26] | ||
Yisrael Eichler (born 1955) | 2023 | Incumbent | UTJ | [27] |
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