List of female cabinet ministers of Israel

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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
#NamePortraitOfficePartyAppointedLeft officeAgePrime Minister(s)Government(s)
1 Golda Meir
(1898–1978)
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Minister of Labor Mapai 10 March 194919 June 195650 David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mapai, Alignment 18 June 195612 January 196658 David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Prime Minister Labor 17 March 19693 June 197470self 14th, 15th, 16th
2 Shulamit Aloni
(1928–2014)
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Minister without Portfolio Ratz 3 June 19746 November 197445 Yitzhak Rabin 17th
Minister of Education and Culture Meretz 13 July 199211 May 199363 25th
Minister without Portfolio 11 May 19937 June 1993
Minister of Science and Technology 11 May 19931 August 1993
Minister of Communications 7 June 199318 June 1996 Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres 25th, 26th
Minister of Science and the Arts22 November 199518 June 199666 Shimon Peres 26th
3 Sarah Doron
(1922–2010)
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Minister without Portfolio Likud 5 July 198313 September 198461 Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir 19th, 20th
4 Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino
(1926–2015)
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Minister of Health Alignment 20 October 198622 December 198860 Yitzhak Shamir 22nd
5 Ora Namir
(born 1930)
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Minister of the Environment Labor 13 July 199231 December 199261 Yitzhak Rabin 25th
Minister of Labor and Welfare 31 December 199221 May 199662 Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres 25th, 26th
6 Limor Livnat
(born 1950)
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Minister of Communications Likud 18 June 19966 July 199945 Benjamin Netanyahu 27th
Minister of Education 7 March 200114 January 200650 Ariel Sharon 29th, 30th
Minister of Culture and Sport 31 March 200914 May 201558 Benjamin Netanyahu 32nd, 33rd
7 Dalia Itzik
(born 1952)
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Minister of the Environment Labor 6 July 19997 March 200146 Ehud Barak 28th
Minister of Industry and Trade 7 March 20012 November 200248 Ariel Sharon 29th
Minister of Communications 10 January 200523 November 200552 30th
8 Yuli Tamir
(born 1954)
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Minister of Immigrant Absorption 5 August 19997 March 200145 Ehud Barak 28th
Minister of Education 4 May 200631 March 200952 Ehud Olmert 31st
9 Tzipi Livni
(born 1958)
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Minister of Regional Cooperation Likud 7 March 200129 August 200142 Ariel Sharon 29th
Minister without Portfolio 29 August 200117 December 200243
Minister of Agriculture 17 December 200228 February 200344
Minister of Housing and Construction 4 July 200410 January 200545 30th
Minister of Immigrant Absorption Likud, Kadima 28 February 20034 May 200644 Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert
Minister of Justice 5 December 20044 May 200646
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kadima 4 May 200631 March 200947 Ehud Olmert 30th, 31st
Minister of Justice 29 November 20067 February 200748
Hatnuah 18 March 20134 December 201454 Benjamin Netanyahu 33rd
10 Yehudit Naot
(1944-2004)
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Minister of the Environment Shinui 28 February 200317 October 200458 Ariel Sharon 30th
11 Ruhama Avraham
(born 1964)
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Minister without Portfolio Kadima 4 July 200714 July 200843 Ehud Olmert 31st
Minister of Tourism 14 July 200831 March 200944
12 Sofa Landver
(born 1949)
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Minister of Immigrant Absorption Yisrael Beiteinu 18 March 201310 May 201563 Benjamin Netanyahu 32nd
Minister of Aliyah and Integration 30 May 201618 November 201866 34th
13 Orit Noked
(born 1952)
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Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Independence 19 January 201118 March 201358 32nd
14 Yael German
(born 1947)
Yael german.jpg Minister of Health Yesh Atid 18 March 20134 December 201463 33rd
15= Gila Gamliel
(born 1974)
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Minister for Social Equality Likud 14 May 201517 May 202041 34th
Minister of Environmental Protection 17 May 202013 June 202146 35th
Minister of Intelligence 29 December 202213 March 202448 37th
Minister of Science, Technology and Space 18 March 2024Incumbent50
15= Miri Regev
(born 1965)
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Minister of Culture and Sport 14 May 201517 May 202049 34th
Minister of Transportation 17 May 202013 June 202155 35th
29 December 2022Incumbent57 37th
15= Ayelet Shaked
(born 1976)
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Minister of Justice The Jewish Home 14 May 20154 June 201939 34th
Minister of the Interior Yamina 13 June 202129 December 202245 Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 36th
18 Yifat Shasha-Biton
(born 1973)
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Minister of Construction and Housing Kulanu 9 January 201917 May 202045 Benjamin Netanyahu 34th
Minister of Education New Hope 13 June 202129 December 202248 Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 36th
Minister without Portfolio Kulanu 12 October 202325 March 202450 Benjamin Netanyahu 37th
19 Tzipi Hotovely
(born 1978)
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Minister of Diaspora Affairs Likud 5 January 202017 May 202041 Benjamin Netanyahu 34th
Minister of Settlement Affairs17 May 20202 August 2020 35th
20= Meirav Cohen
(born 1983)
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Minister for Social Equality Blue and White, Yesh Atid 17 May 202029 December 202236 Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 35th, 36th
20= Orit Farkash-Hacohen
(born 1970)
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Minister of Strategic Affairs Blue and White 17 May 202030 May 202049 Benjamin Netanyahu 35th
Minister of Tourism 14 October 202013 June 2021
Minister of Science, Technology and Space 13 June 202129 December 202250 Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 36th
20= Orly Levy-Abekasis
(born 1973)
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Minister for Community Empowerment and Advancement Gesher 17 May 202013 June 202146 Benjamin Netanyahu 35th
20= Pnina Tamano-Shata
(born 1981)
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Minister of Immigrant Absorption Blue and White 17 May 202029 December 202239 Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 35th, 36th
24= Orna Barbivai
(born 1962)
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Minister of Economy Yesh Atid 13 June 202129 December 202259 Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 36th
24= Karine Elharrar
(born 1977)
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Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources 13 June 202129 December 202243
24= Merav Michaeli
(born 1966)
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Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Labor 13 June 202129 December 202254
24= Tamar Zandberg
(born 1976)
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Minister of Environmental Protection Meretz 13 June 202129 December 202245
28= Galit Distel-Atbaryan
(born 1971)
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Minister of Information Likud 29 December 202212 October 202351 Benjamin Netanyahu 37th
28= May Golan
(born 1986)
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Minister for Social Equality 29 December 2022Incumbent36
Minister for Women's Empowerment24 January 2024Incumbent37
28= Idit Silman
(born 1980)
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Minister of Environmental Protection 29 December 2022Incumbent42
28= Orit Strook
(born 1960)
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Minister of Settlements and National Missions Religious Zionist 29 December 2022Incumbent62

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