Development Minister of Israel
Portfolio in the Israeli cabinet between 1953 and 1974 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minister of Development (Hebrew: שר הפיתוח, Sar HaPituah) was a portfolio in the Israeli cabinet between 1953 and 1974. The ministry was responsible for government-owned mineral extraction companies and the country's geology institute. The department also set up both the quarry rehabilitation fund and the Dead Sea Works.
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משרד הפיתוח | |
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Formed | 1953 |
Dissolved | 1974 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Israel |
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The post was scrapped in 1974, and succeeded three years later by the Energy and Infrastructure portfolio. Since 2005 there has also been a Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galilee.