Labor and Welfare Committee

The Labor and Welfare 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.^{[ citation needed ]} Following the formation of the thirty-sixth government of Israel, the committee was split into the Labor and Welfare Committee, and the Health Committee. ^[2]

Labor, Welfare and Health committee chairs

Portrait	Chair	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref.
	Govrin, Akiva Akiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1949	1951		Mapai	[3]
	Lavon, Pinhas Pinhas Lavon (1904–1976)	1949	1951		Mapai	[4]
	Rakanti, Avraham Avraham Rakanti (1888–1980)	1949	1951		Herut	[5]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1951	1955		Mapai	[3]
	Avniel, Binyamin Binyamin Avniel (1906–1993)	1951	1955		Herut	[6]
	Altman, Aryeh Aryeh Altman (1902–1982)	1951	1955		Herut	[7]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1955	1959		Mapai	[3]
	Erem, Moshe Moshe Erem (1896–1978)	1955	1959		Ahdut HaAvoda	[8]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1959	1961		Mapai	[3]
	Nir, Nahum Nahum Nir (1884–1968)	1959	1961		Ahdut HaAvoda	[9]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1961	1965		Mapai	[3]
	Baram, Moshe Moshe Baram (1911–1986)	1961	1965		Mapai	[10]
	Nir, NahumNahum Nir (1884–1968)	1961	1965		Ahdut HaAvoda	[9]
	Baram, MosheMoshe Baram (1911–1986)	1965	1969		Labor	[10]
	Erem, MosheMoshe Erem (1896–1978)	1965	1969		Labor	[8]
	Rosen, Shlomo Shlomo Rosen (1905–1985)	1965	1969		Mapam	[11]
	Arbeli-Almozlino, Shoshana Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino (1926–2015)	1969	1974		Alignment	[12]
	Grossman, Haika Haika Grossman (1919–1996)	1969	1974		Alignment	[13]
	Arbeli-Almozlino, ShoshanaShoshana Arbeli-Almozlino (1926–2015)	1974	1977		Alignment	[12]
	Grossman, HaikaHaika Grossman (1919–1996)	1974	1977		Mapam	[13]
	Porush, Menachem Menachem Porush (1916–2010)	1977	1984		Agudat Yisrael	[14]
	Namir, Ora Ora Namir (1930–2019)	1984	1992		Labor	[15]
	Katz, Yossi Yossi Katz (born 1949)	1992	1996		Labor	[16]
	Peretz, Amir Amir Peretz (born 1952)	1992	1996		Labor	[17]
	Levy, Maxim Maxim Levy (1950–2002)	1996	1999		Gesher (1996 political party)	[18]
	Tal, David David Tal (born 1950)	1999	2003		Shas	[19]
	Peretz, Yair Yair Peretz (born 1954)	1999	2003		Shas	[20]
	Yahalom, Shaul Shaul Yahalom (born 1947)	2003	2006		Mafdal	[21]
	Katz, Haim Haim Katz (born 1947)	2003	2006		Likud	[22]
	Sharoni, Moshe Moshe Sharoni (1929–2020)	2006	2009		Dor (political party)	[23]
	Galanti, Yitzhak Yitzhak Galanti (1937–2012)	2006	2009		Dor (political party)	[24]
	Katz, HaimHaim Katz (born 1947)	2009	2015		Likud	[22]
	Alaluf, Eli Eli Alaluf (born 1945)	2015	2019		Kulanu	[25]
	Katz, HaimHaim Katz (born 1947)	2020	2021		Likud	[22]

Labor and Welfare committee chairs

Portrait	Chair	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref.
	Rayten, Efrat Efrat Rayten (born 1972)	2021	2022		Labor	[26] [27]
	Eichler, Yisrael Yisrael Eichler (born 1955)	2023	2025		UTJ	[28] [29]
	Waldiger, Michal Michal Waldiger (born 1969)	2025			Mafdal–RZ	[30]

References

1. "Labor and Welfare Committee". The Knesset. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
2. "Knesset establishes new committees to improve coalition-opposition power balance". The Times of Israel. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
3. "Akiva Govrin". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
4. "Pinhas Lavon". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. "Avraham Rakanti". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
6. "Binyamin Avniel". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
7. "Aryeh Altman". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
8. "Moshe Erem". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
9. "Nahum Nir". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
10. "Moshe Baram". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
11. "Shlomo Rosen". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
12. "Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
13. "Haika Grossman". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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15. "Ora Namir". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
16. "Yossi Katz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
17. "Amir Peretz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
18. "Maxim Levy". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
19. "David Tal". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
20. "Yair Peretz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
21. "Shaul Yahalom". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
22. "Haim Katz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
23. "Moshe Sharoni". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
24. "Yitzhak Galanti". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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