Regional Cooperation Minister of Israel

The Regional Development Minister (Hebrew: הֲשַׂר לְפִּתּוּחַ אֲזוֹרִי, Sar LePituah Azori) is a member of the Israeli government. Created in 1999 during Ehud Barak's government, the ministry was closed by Ariel Sharon in 2003.^[1] However, it was recreated in 2009 by Benjamin Netanyahu.

Regional Cooperation Minister of Israel

המשרד לפיתוח אזורי
Agency overview
Formed	1999
Jurisdiction	Government of Israel
Minister responsible	Dudi Amsalem
Agency executive	Gilad Shadmon, Director-General
Website	www.morc.gov.il

List of ministers

#	Name	Party	Government	Term start	Term end	Notes
1	Shimon Peres	One Israel	28	6 July 1999	7 March 2001
2	Tzipi Livni	Likud	29	7 March 2001	29 August 2001
3	Roni Milo	Centre Party	29	29 August 2001	28 February 2003
4	Silvan Shalom	Likud	32, 33	31 March 2009	14 May 2015
5	Benjamin Netanyahu	Likud	34	14 May 2015	26 December 2016	Serving Prime Minister
6	Tzachi Hanegbi	Likud	34	26 December 2016	17 May 2020
7	Gilad Erdan	Likud	35	17 May 2020	5 July 2020
8	Ofir Akunis	Likud	35	5 July 2020	13 June 2021
9	Issawi Frej	Meretz	36	13 June 2021	29 December 2022
10	Yoav Kisch	Likud	37	29 December 2022	12 February 2023
11	Dudi Amsalem	Likud	37	12 February 2023

Deputy ministers

#	Name	Party	Government	Term start	Term end
1	Ayoob Kara	Likud	34	19 May 2015	20 January 2017