Minorities Minister of Israel

Ministry of Minorities

משרד המיעוטים
Emblem of Israel
Agency overview
Formed	1948
Dissolved	1949
Jurisdiction	Government of Israel

The Minister of Minorities is a member of the Israeli cabinet. The post was resurrected in 1999, as a ministerial responsibility under a Minister without portfolio, after having previously existed as an independent office in the provisional government between 1948 and 1949 (as the Minister of Minority Affairs). The post is currently held by Shalom Simhon.