Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee

Yitzhak Wasserlauf

Websitewww.vpmo.gov.il

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