Office of the Prime Minister (Israel)

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Office of the Prime Minister (Hebrew: משרד ראש הממשלה‎) is the governmental ministration office with the responsibility of coordinating the actions of the work of all governmental ministry offices, on various matters, and serving and assisting the Israeli Prime Minister in his daily work. Among other things, it is responsible for formulating the Israeli cabinet's policy, conducting its cabinet meetings, as well as responsible for the foreign diplomatic relations with countries around the world, and supervising and overseeing the implementation of the Cabinet's policy. In addition, it is in charge of other governmental bodies, which are directly under the Prime Minister responsibilities. Unlike many other countries, the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel does not serve as his residence place as well, and in addition to his daily work office, he resides elsewhere, at the official residence of the prime minister in Beit Aghion.

Governmental bodies and ministrations under the Prime Minister's office

• National Security Council of Israel - National security counseling to the Prime Minister of Israel, security recommendations to the Cabinet of Israel, guiding and coordinating between the various security bodies of Israel, supervising and overseeing the implementation of the decisions concerning the various security bodies.
• Atomic energy commission - responsible for the nuclear activities of Israel.
• Israel Institute for biological research - engaged in research of biology, microbiology, and chemistry, and is known for developing preemptive defendable means against biological and chemical weapons.
• Mossad - The Israeli intelligence body.
• Shin Bet - internal security service of Israel.
• National Economic Council - Economic counseling to the Prime Minister of Israel, and assisting him with formulating the economic policy, while designated to focus on the long term planning.
• Government Appellation Committee - determines the Hebrew names for the Israli geographical places, and its decisions are binding for all state institutions.
• Lapam - (acronym for [Israel's] Governmental Publications Bureau)- A unit within the Prime Minister's office serving as an Advertising agency for all governmental ministry offices, and other governmental or public bodies ^[1].
• La'am - (acronym for [Israel's] Governmental Press Bureau) - A unit within the Prime Minister's office responsible for handing Journalist diploma for Israeli mass media workers and giving a Journalist visa to foreign Journalists staying in Israel. In addition, it is in charge of coordinating between the Cabinet of Israel and the foreign Journalists community staying in Israel on media activities matters.
• Israel Central Bureau of Statistics - an Israeli governmental body responsible to carry out research and publish statistical data on all aspects of Israeli life, including population, society, economy, industry, education and physical infrastructure, that will serve the decision makers and the public.
• Israel State Archive -
• National Authority for Religious Services (previously Religious Services ministry).
• Minhelet Sela - A governmental directorate responsible for the evacuees of the Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, especially for finding them an alternative dwelling places, compensations, livelihood and psychological support on adjustment.
• Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel (or ministrations) - A unit within the Prime Minister's office responsible for Pensioners, elders and the Holocaust survivors. Currently, The Prime Minister himself, Benjamin Netanyahu is the Minister for Pensioner Affairs.

List of Prime Ministers of Israel

Main article: List of Prime Ministers of Israel

#	Name	Start	End	Party
1	David Ben-Gurion	14 May 1948	26 January 1954	Mapai
2	Moshe Sharett	26 January 1954	3 November 1955	Mapai
(1)	David Ben-Gurion	3 November 1955	26 June 1963	Mapai
3	Levi Eshkol	26 June 1963	26 February 1969	Mapai
4	Golda Meir	17 March 1969	3 June 1974	Alignment
5	Yitzhak Rabin	3 June 1974	20 June 1977	Alignment
6	Menachem Begin	20 June 1977	10 October 1983	Likud
7	Yitzhak Shamir	10 October 1983	13 September 1984	Likud
8	Shimon Peres	13 September 1984	20 October 1986	Alignment
(7)	Yitzhak Shamir	20 October 1986	13 July 1992	Likud
(5)	Yitzhak Rabin	13 July 1992	4 November 1995	Alignment
(8)	Shimon Peres	22 November 1995	18 June 1996	Alignment
9	Benjamin Netanyahu	18 June 1996	6 July 1999	Likud
10	Ehud Barak	6 July 1999	7 March 2001	One Israel
11	Ariel Sharon	7 March 2001	14 April 2006	Likud and later Kadima
12	Ehud Olmert	4 May 2006	31 March 2009	Kadima
(9)	Benjamin Netanyahu	31 March 2009	Incumbent	Likud

Inteim Prime Minister

Main article: Deputy leaders of Israel#Interim Prime Minister

See also

• Prime Minister of Israel
• Beit Aghion (or Beit Rosh ha-Memshala, lit. The residence of the prime minister)
• Minister in the Prime Minister's Office

External links

• Prime Minister's office - official website (English)

References

1. ^ Lapam website, main page