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, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1949	1951		Mapai	[3]
	Lavon, PinhasPinhas Lavon (1904–1976)	1949	1951		Mapai	[4]
	Rakanti, AvrahamAvraham Rakanti (1888–1980)	1949	1951		Herut	[5]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1951	1955		Mapai	[3]
	Avniel, BinyaminBinyamin Avniel (1906–1993)	1951	1955		Herut	[6]
	Altman, AryehAryeh Altman (1902–1982)	1951	1955		Herut	[7]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1955	1959		Mapai	[3]
	Erem, MosheMoshe Erem (1896–1978)	1955	1959		Ahdut HaAvoda	[8]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1959	1961		Mapai	[3]
	Nir, NahumNahum Nir (1884–1968)	1959	1961		Ahdut HaAvoda	[9]
	Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin (1902–1980)	1961	1965		Mapai	[3]
	Baram, MosheMoshe 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, ShlomoShlomo Rosen (1905–1985)	1965	1969		Mapam	[11]
	Arbeli-Almozlino, ShoshanaShoshana Arbeli-Almozlino (1926–2015)	1969	1974		Alignment	[12]
	Grossman, HaikaHaika 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, MenachemMenachem Porush (1916–2010)	1977	1984		Agudat Yisrael	[14]
	Namir, OraOra Namir (1930–2019)	1984	1992		Labor	[15]
	Katz, YossiYossi Katz (born 1949)	1992	1996		Labor	[16]
	Peretz, AmirAmir Peretz (born 1952)	1992	1996		Labor	[17]
	Levy, MaximMaxim Levy (1950–2002)	1996	1999		Gesher (1996 political party)	[18]
	Tal, DavidDavid Tal (born 1950)	1999	2003		Shas	[19]
	Peretz, YairYair Peretz (born 1954)	1999	2003		Shas	[20]
	Yahalom, ShaulShaul Yahalom (born 1947)	2003	2006		Mafdal	[21]
	Katz, HaimHaim Katz (born 1947)	2003	2006		Likud	[22]
	Sharoni, MosheMoshe Sharoni (1929–2020)	2006	2009		Dor (political party)	[23]
	Galanti, YitzhakYitzhak Galanti (1937–2012)	2006	2009		Dor (political party)	[24]
	Katz, HaimHaim Katz (born 1947)	2009	2015		Likud	[22]
	Alaluf, EliEli 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, EfratEfrat Rayten (born 1972)	2021	2022		Labor	[26][27]
	Eichler, YisraelYisrael Eichler (born 1955)	2023	2025		UTJ	[28][29]
	Waldiger, MichalMichal Waldiger (born 1969)	2025			Mafdal–RZ	[30]