The Cabinet Secretary (Hebrew: מזכיר הממשלה) is a senior

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i government official who heads the Cabinet Secretariat, a unit in the Prime Minister's Office. The Cabinet Secretary serves under section 31 (f) of the Basic Law: The Government, as well as under section 8 of the Government Law. The Government appoints the Cabinet Secretary, as proposed by the

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Duties

The Cabinet Secretary is responsible for: * Preparation of the agenda for government meetings and ministerial committees. To this end, he is in constant contact with members of the government. * Liaisoning between the Government and the

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, whom he updates at least once a week on government decisions and on matters on the agenda of the government. * Liaisoning between the government and the

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, alongside a Government Minister appointed for this task. * Representing the government as a spokesperson for the media, alongside the spokesperson of the Prime Minister. * Any other task assigned to him by the Prime Minister. Most Cabinet Secretaries studied law. Many became Knesset members, attorneys general, and government ministers.

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became a supreme justice and

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president of Israel.

List of cabinet secretaries

20th century

:1.

Ze'ev Sherf Ze'ev Sherf (; 21 April 1904 – 18 April 1984) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the 1960s and 1970s. Biography Born in Czernowitz in Austria-Hungary (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine), Sherf emigrated to Mandatory ...

(1948–57) :–. Yael Uzay (interim, 1957–58) :2.

Katriel Katz Katriel Katz (; October 16, 1908 – October 14, 1988) was an Israeli diplomat who served as ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1965 and 1967 and Poland between 1956 and 1958. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Katz was the Israeli ambassador t ...

(1958–62) :3. Yael Uzay (first term, 1962–68) :4. Michael Arnon (1968–74) :5.

Gershon Avner According to the Torah, Gershon ( ''Gērǝšôn'') was the eldest of the sons of Levi, and the patriarchal founder of the Gershonites, one of the four main divisions among the Levites in biblical times. The Gershonites were charged with the care o ...

(1974-77) :6. Arye Naor (1977–82) :7.

Dan Meridor Dan Meridor (; born 23 April 1947) is an Israeli politician and minister. A longtime member of the Likud party, in the late 1990s he became one of the founders of the Center Party. He rejoined Likud a decade later, and returned to the Knesset ...

(1982–84) :8.

Yossi Beilin Joseph "Yossi" Beilin (; born 12 June 1948) is an Israeli politician who has served in multiple ministerial and leadership positions in the Israeli government. Much of his political career was in the Labour Party. He also served as chairman of t ...

(1984–86) :9.

(1986–94) :10.

Shmuel Hollander ''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is an Ashkenazi Jewish variant of the name Samuel. It comes from שמואל in Hebrew, and is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer ...

(1994–96) :11.

Dan Naveh Dan Naveh (; born 21 June 1960) is an Israeli businessman and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1999 and 2007 and as a government minister from 2001 until 2006. He is the founder and the managing general pa ...

(1996–1999) :12.

Gideon Sa'ar Gideon Moshe Sa'ar (; born 9 December 1966) is an Israeli politician currently serving as Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), Foreign Minister and member of the Knesset for the party New Hope (Israel), New Hope. Sa'ar was first electe ...

(1999)

21st century

:13.

(1999–2001) :—. Gideon Sa'ar (second term, 2001–02) :—. Aharon Lishansky (interim, 2002–03) :14.

Israel Maimon Israel Maimon () is president emeritus of Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds. Biography Israel Maimon joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1984 and was recruited to the Golani Brigade, where he served in all command positions, reach ...

(2003–07) :15.

Oved Yehezkehel Oved (Hebrew: עובד, Oved) is a Jewish surname and given name, a spelling variant of the biblical name Obed. Notable people with the name include: Surname *Avi Oved, American university administrator *Gil Oved, South African entrepreneur *Marg ...

(2007–09) :16.

Zvi Hauser Zvi Hauser (; born 5 July 1968) is an Israeli lawyer and public figure who served as the 17th cabinet secretary. Hauser served as a member of the Knesset between 2019 and 2022. During this term he held a number of positions including: Deputy Spe ...

(2009–13) :17.

Avichai Mandelblit Avichai Mandelblit (; born 29 July 1963) is an Israeli jurist who served as the Attorney General of Israel from 2016 to 2022. Mandelblit had a long career in the Israel Defense Forces legal system, eventually serving as the Chief Military Advoc ...

(2013–2016) :—. Aryeh Zohar (interim, 2016) :18.

Tzahi Braverman Tzahi or Tzachi () is a Hebrew name, a diminutive of Yitzhak. Notable people with the name include: * Tzahi Elihen * Tzahi Grad, Israeli actor, screenwriter, and film director *Tzachi Halevy *Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi (; born 26 February 1 ...

(2016–21) :19. Shalom Shlomo (2021–2022) :20.

Yossi Fuchs Yossi is a Hebrew given name, typically a short and affectionate nickname for Yosef (disambiguation), Yosef (equivalent to English Joseph (Hebrew Bible), Joseph). It may refer to: People * Abba Yossi – mythology figure * Country Yossi – Ameri ...

(2023-)

References

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