The Ministry for Social Equality for Israel (), until August 2015 called the Ministry for Senior Citizens (, ''Misrad LeAzrahim Vatikim''), is a government ministry in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. The ministerial post was created following the coalition agreement between

Kadima Kadima () was a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely following the implementation of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan in August 2005, and was soon ...

and Gil (the Pensioners' Party) after the

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, although the ministry itself was not formed until a vote of approval by the

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on 25 July 2007.Knesset approves creation of new ministry for pensioners' affairs
Haaretz, 25 July 2007

List ministers

Deputy ministers

References

External links

Official website
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*Ministry of Social Equality