Cabinet Secretary (Israel)
Appearance
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The Cabinet Secretary (Hebrew: מזכיר הממשלה) is a senior Israeli government official who heads the Cabinet Secretariat, a unit in the Prime Minister's Office.[1] 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 Prime Minister.
Duties
[edit]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 President, 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 Knesset, 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. Elyakim Rubinstein became a supreme justice and Isaac Herzog president of Israel.
List of cabinet secretaries
[edit]20th century
[edit]- 1. Ze'ev Sherf (1948–57)
- –. Yael Uzay (interim, 1957–58)
- 2. Katriel Katz (1958–62)
- 3. Yael Uzay (first term, 1962–68)
- 4. Michael Arnon (1968–74)
- 5. Gershon Avner (1974-77)
- 6. Arye Naor (1977–82)
- 7. Dan Meridor (1982–84)
- 8. Yossi Beilin (1984–86)
- 9. Elyakim Rubinstein (1986–94)
- 10. Shmuel Hollander (1994–96)
- 11. Dan Naveh (1996–1999)
- 12. Gideon Sa'ar (1999)
21st century
[edit]- 13. Isaac Herzog (1999–2001)
- —. Gideon Sa'ar (second term, 2001–02)
- —. Aharon Lishansky (interim, 2002–03)
- 14. Israel Maimon (2003–07)
- 15. Oved Yehezkehel (2007–09)
- 16. Zvi Hauser (2009–13)
- 17. Avichai Mandelblit (2013–2016)
- —. Aryeh Zohar (interim, 2016)
- 18. Tzahi Braverman (2016–21)
- 19. Shalom Shlomo (2021–2022)
- 20. Yossi Fuchs (2023-)
References
[edit]- ^ "Cabinet Secretariat". Prime Minister's Office.