# Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes Minister of Religions 1 Yehuda Leib Maimon Mizrachi United Religious Front P, 1, 2 14 May 1948 8 October 1951 2 Haim-Moshe Shapira Hapoel HaMizrachi National Religious Party 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 8 October 1951 1 July 1958 3 Ya'akov Moshe Toledano Not an MK 8, 9 3 December 1958 15 October 1960 Died in office 4 Zerach Warhaftig National Religious Party 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 2 November 1961 10 March 1974 5 Yitzhak Rafael National Religious Party 16 10 March 1974 3 June 1974 6 Haim Yosef Zadok Alignment 17 3 June 1974 29 October 1974 – Yitzhak Rafael National Religious Party 17 30 October 1974 22 December 1976 – Haim Yosef Zadok Alignment 17 16 January 1977 20 June 1977 7 Aharon Abuhatzira National Religious Party 18 20 June 1977 5 August 1981 Minister of Religious Affairs 8 Yosef Burg National Religious Party 19, 20 5 August 1981 13 September 1984 9 Shimon Peres Alignment 21 13 September 1984 23 December 1984 – Yosef Burg National Religious Party 21 13 September 1984 5 October 1986 10 Zevulun Hammer National Religious Party 21, 22, 23 7 October 1986 11 June 1990 11 Avner Shaki National Religious Party 24 11 June 1990 13 July 1992 12 Yitzhak Rabin Labor Party 25 13 July 1992 27 February 1995 13 Shimon Shetreet Labor Party 25, 26 27 February 1995 18 June 1996 14 Binyamin Netanyahu Likud 27 18 June 1996 7 August 1996 15 Eli Suissa Shas 27 7 August 1996 12 August 1997 – Binyamin Netanyahu Likud 27 12 August 1997 22 August 1997 – Zevulun Hammer National Religious Party 27 22 August 1997 20 January 1998 Died in office – Binyamin Netanyahu Likud 27 20 January 1998 25 February 1998 16 Yitzhak Levy National Religious Party 27 25 February 1998 13 September 1998 – Eli Suissa Shas 27 13 September 1998 6 July 1999 17 Yitzhak Cohen Shas 28 6 July 1999 11 July 2000 18 Yossi Beilin One Israel 28 11 October 2000 7 March 2001 19 Asher Ohana Not an MK 29 7 March 2001 28 February 2003 20 Ariel Sharon Likud 30 28 February 2003 31 December 2003 Minister of Religious Services – Yitzhak Cohen Shas 31 14 January 2008 31 March 2009 21 Ya'akov Margi Shas 32 31 March 2009 18 March 2013 22 Naftali Bennett The Jewish Home 33 18 March 2013 14 May 2015 23 David Azulai Shas 34 14 May 2015 30 October 2018 Died in office 24 Aryeh Deri Shas 34 14 October 2018 31 December 2018 25 Yitzhak Vaknin Shas 34 1 January 2019 17 May 2020 26 Ya'akov Avitan Shas (Not an MK) 35 17 May 2020