title: Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee
text: # Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee
  
  The Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee (Hebrew: הַמִּשְׂרָד לְפִּיתּוּחַ הַפֶּרִיפֶרְיָה, הַנֶּגֶב וְהַגָּלִיל, HaMisrad LeFitu'ah HaPeriferya, HaNegev VeHaGalil) is a ministry in the Israeli government. Established in January 2005, the current minister is Yitzhak Wasserlauf of Otzma Yehudit.
  
  In the past, there was also a Development Minister. However, this post was succeeded in the 1970s by the Energy and Infrastructure Minister (today the National Infrastructure Minister).
  
  ## Minister
  
  | # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Shimon Peres | Kadima | 31 | 10 January 2006 | 13 June 2007 |
  | 2 | Yaakov Edri | Kadima | 31 | 4 July 2007 | 31 March 2009 |
  | 3 | Silvan Shalom | Likud | 32, 33 | 31 March 2009 | 14 May 2015 |
  | 4 | Aryeh Deri | Shas | 34, 35 | 14 May 2015 | 13 June 2021 |
  | 4 | Oded Forer | Yisrael Beiteinu | 36 | 13 June 2021 | 29 December 2022 |
  | 5 | Yitzhak Wasserlauf | Otzma Yehudit | 37 | 29 December 2022 | |
  
  ### Deputy ministers
  
  | # | Minister | Party | Governments | Term start | Term end |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ayoob Kara | Likud | 32 | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 |
  