The Minister of Rationing and Supply ( he, שר הקיצוב והאספקה, ''Sar HaKitzuv VeHaAspaka'') was a short-lived portfolio in the
Israeli cabinet
The Cabinet of Israel (officially: he, ממשלת ישראל ''Memshelet Yisrael'') exercises executive authority in the State of Israel. It consists of ministers who are chosen and led by the prime minister. The composition of the governmen ...
. It was created on 26 April 1949 following a speech by
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion ( ; he, דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Adopting the name ...
introducing the country's
austerity programme, and was held by
Dov Yosef
Dov Yosef ( he, דב יוסף, 27 May 1899 – 7 January 1980) was an Israeli statesman. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he was in charge of Jerusalem. He later held ministerial positions in nine Israeli governments.
Biography
Bernard Jose ...
.
[First Knesset]
Knesset website However, Ben-Gurion soon wanted the ministry closed down, and achieved his goal when forming the
second government in October/November 1950 (the
first government's collapse had been partially due to an internal crisis in the
Mapai
Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...
over the ministry's liquidation).
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List of ministers
References
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Government ministries of Israel
Lists of government ministers of Israel