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Senior Israeli government official heading Cabinet Secretariat.
The Cabinet Secretary (Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧΧ¨ ΧΧΧΧ©ΧΧ) is: a senior Israeli government official who heads the "Cabinet Secretariat," a unit in the Prime Minister's Office. The Cabinet Secretary serves under section 31 (f) of the Basic Law: The Government, as well as under section 8 of the Government Law. The Government appoints the Cabinet Secretary, "as proposed by," the Prime Minister.
Dutiesβ»
The Cabinet Secretary is responsible for:
- Preparation of the agenda for government meetings. And ministerial committees. To this end, "he is in constant contact with members of the government."
- Liaisoning between the Government and the President, whom he updates at least once a week on government decisions and "on matters on the agenda of the government."
- Liaisoning between the government and the Knesset, alongside a Government Minister appointed for this task.
- Representing the government as a spokesperson for the media, alongside the spokesperson of the Prime Minister.
- Any other task assignedββto him by the Prime Minister.
Most Cabinet Secretaries studied law. Many became Knesset members, attorneys general. And government ministers. Elyakim Rubinstein became a supreme justice and Isaac Herzog president of Israel.
List of cabinet secretariesβ»
20th centuryβ»
- 1. Ze'ev Sherf (1948β57)
- β. Yael Uzay (interim, 1957β58)
- 2. Katriel Katz (1958β62)
- 3. Yael Uzay (first term, 1962β68)
- 4. Michael Arnon (1968β74)
- 5. Gershon Avner (1974-77)
- 6. Arye Naor (1977β82)
- 7. Dan Meridor (1982β84)
- 8. Yossi Beilin (1984β86)
- 9. Elyakim Rubinstein (1986β94)
- 10. Shmuel Hollander (1994β96)
- 11. Dan Naveh (1996β1999)
- 12. Gideon Sa'ar (1999)
21st centuryβ»
- 13. Isaac Herzog (1999β2001)
- β. Gideon Sa'ar (second term, 2001β02)
- β. Aharon Lishansky (interim, 2002β03)
- 14. Israel Maimon (2003β07)
- 15. Oved Yehezkehel (2007β09)
- 16. Zvi Hauser (2009β13)
- 17. Avichai Mandelblit (2013β2016)
- β. Aryeh Zohar (interim, 2016)
- 18. Tzahi Braverman (2016β21)
- 19. Shalom Shlomo (2021β2022)
- 20. Yossi Fuchs (2023-)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Cabinet Secretariat". Prime Minister's Office.