# Minister Party Government Term start Term end Minister Labor and Construction 1 Mordechai Bentov Mapam P 14 May 1948 10 March 1949 Minister of Labor and Social Security 2 Golda Meir Mapai 1, 2 10 March 1949 8 October 1951 Minister of Labor – Golda Meir Mapai 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8 October 1951 19 June 1956 3 Mordechai Namir Mapai 7, 8 19 June 1956 17 December 1959 4 Giora Yoseftal Mapai 9 17 December 1959 2 November 1961 5 Yigal Allon Mapai Alignment Labor Party 10, 11, 12, 13 2 November 1961 1 July 1968 6 Yosef Almogi Labor Party Alignment 13, 14, 15 8 July 1968 10 March 1974 7 Yitzhak Rabin Alignment 16 10 March 1974 3 June 1974 8 Moshe Baram Alignment 17 3 June 1974 20 June 1977