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.
# Name Portrait Office Party Appointed Left office Age Prime Minister(s) Government(s) 1 Golda Meir Minister of Labor Mapai 50 David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Minister of Foreign Affairs Mapai, Alignment 58 David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Prime Minister Labor 70 self 14th, 15th, 16th 2 Minister without PortfolioRatz 45 Yitzhak Rabin 17th Minister of Education and Culture Meretz 63 25th Minister without Portfolio Minister of Science and Technology Minister of Communications Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres 25th, 26th Minister of Science and the Arts 66 Shimon Peres 26th 3 Minister without Portfolio Likud 61 Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir 19th, 20th 4 Minister of Health Alignment 60 Yitzhak Shamir 22nd 5 Minister of the Environment Labor 61 Yitzhak Rabin 25th Minister of Labor and Welfare 62 Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres 25th, 26th 6 Limor Livnat Minister of Communications Likud 45 Benjamin Netanyahu 27th Minister of Education 50 Ariel Sharon 29th, 30th Minister of Culture and Sport 58 Benjamin Netanyahu 32nd, 33rd 7 Dalia Itzik Minister of the Environment Labor 46 Ehud Barak 28th Minister of Industry and Trade 48 Ariel Sharon29th Minister of Communications 52 30th 8 Yuli Tamir Minister of Immigrant Absorption 45 Ehud Barak 28th Minister of Education 52 Ehud Olmert 31st 9 Minister of Regional Cooperation Likud 42 Ariel Sharon 29th Minister without Portfolio 43 Minister of Agriculture 44 Minister of Housing and Construction 45 30th Minister of Immigrant Absorption Likud, Kadima 44 Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert Minister of Justice 46 Minister of Foreign Affairs Kadima 47 Ehud Olmert 30th, 31st Minister of Justice 48 Hatnuah 54 Benjamin Netanyahu 33rd 10 Yehudit Naot Minister of the EnvironmentShinui 58 Ariel Sharon 30th 11 Minister without Portfolio Kadima 43 Ehud Olmert 31st Minister of Tourism 44 12 Minister of Immigrant Absorption Yisrael Beiteinu 63 Benjamin Netanyahu 32nd Minister of Aliyah and Integration6634th 13 Orit Noked Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Independence 58 32nd 14 Yael German Minister of HealthYesh Atid 63 33rd 15= Gila Gamliel Minister for Social EqualityLikud 41 34th Minister of Environmental Protection4635th Minister of Intelligence4837th Minister of Science, Technology and SpaceIncumbent50 15= Miri Regev Minister of Culture and Sport 49 34th Minister of Transportation 55 35th Incumbent 57 37th 15= Ayelet Shaked Minister of JusticeThe Jewish Home3934th Minister of the InteriorYamina45Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid36th 18 Yifat Shasha-Biton Minister of Construction and HousingKulanu45Benjamin Netanyahu34th Minister of EducationNew Hope48Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid36th Minister without PortfolioKulanu50Benjamin Netanyahu37th 19 Tzipi Hotovely Minister of Diaspora Affairs Likud41Benjamin Netanyahu34th Minister of Settlement Affairs35th 20= Meirav Cohen Minister for Social EqualityBlue and White, Yesh Atid36Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid35th, 36th 20= Orit Farkash-Hacohen Minister of Strategic Affairs Blue and White 49 Benjamin Netanyahu 35th Minister of Tourism Minister of Science, Technology and Space50Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid36th 20= Orly Levy-Abekasis Minister for Community Empowerment and AdvancementGesher46Benjamin Netanyahu35th 20= Pnina Tamano-Shata Minister of Immigrant AbsorptionBlue and White39Benjamin Netanyahu, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid35th, 36th 24= Orna Barbivai Minister of Economy Yesh Atid59 Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid 36th 24= Karine Elharrar Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources43 24= Merav Michaeli Minister of Transportation and Road SafetyLabor54 24= Tamar Zandberg Minister of Environmental ProtectionMeretz45 28= Galit Distel-Atbaryan Minister of InformationLikud51Benjamin Netanyahu37th 28= May Golan Minister for Social EqualityIncumbent36 Minister for Women's EmpowermentIncumbent37 28= Idit Silman Minister of Environmental ProtectionIncumbent42 28= Orit Strook Minister of Settlements and National MissionsReligious ZionistIncumbent62
See also Cabinet Cabinet of Israel Politics of Israel
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