Labor and Welfare Committee

The Labor and Welfare Committee of the Knesset deals with labor, employment and welfare matters,[1] which operates continuously from the first Knesset until the dissolution of the 20th Knesset. After not being filled during the 21st and 22nd Knessets due to the lack of a government, in the 23rd Knesset, the Knesset plenum approved the proposal of the organizing committee to establish it as a special committee on welfare and labor that will operate until the establishment of the standing committees. The special committee was headed by Aida Touma-Suleiman from the Joint List, until Haim Katz was elected to chair the committee. Following the formation of the thirty-sixth government of Israel, the committee was split into the Labor and Welfare Committee, and the Health Committee.[2]

Labor, Welfare and Health committee chairs

Portrait Chair Took office Left office Party Ref.
Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin
(1902–1980)		19491951 Mapai[3]
Lavon, PinhasPinhas Lavon
(1904–1976)		19491951 Mapai[4]
Rakanti, AvrahamAvraham Rakanti
(1888–1980)		19491951 Herut[5]
Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin
(1902–1980)		19511955 Mapai[3]
Avniel, BinyaminBinyamin Avniel
(1906–1993)		19511955 Herut[6]
Altman, AryehAryeh Altman
(1902–1982)		19511955 Herut[7]
Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin
(1902–1980)		19551959 Mapai[3]
Erem, MosheMoshe Erem
(1896–1978)		19551959 Ahdut HaAvoda[8]
Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin
(1902–1980)		19591961 Mapai[3]
Nir, NahumNahum Nir
(1884–1968)		19591961 Ahdut HaAvoda[9]
Govrin, AkivaAkiva Govrin
(1902–1980)		19611965 Mapai[3]
Baram, MosheMoshe Baram
(1911–1986)		19611965 Mapai[10]
Nir, NahumNahum Nir
(1884–1968)		19611965 Ahdut HaAvoda[9]
Baram, MosheMoshe Baram
(1911–1986)		19651969 Labor[10]
Erem, MosheMoshe Erem
(1896–1978)		19651969 Labor[8]
Rosen, ShlomoShlomo Rosen
(1905–1985)		19651969 Mapam[11]
Arbeli-Almozlino, ShoshanaShoshana Arbeli-Almozlino
(1926–2015)		19691974 Alignment[12]
Grossman, HaikaHaika Grossman
(1919–1996)		19691974 Alignment[13]
Arbeli-Almozlino, ShoshanaShoshana Arbeli-Almozlino
(1926–2015)		19741977 Alignment[12]
Grossman, HaikaHaika Grossman
(1919–1996)		19741977 Mapam[13]
Porush, MenachemMenachem Porush
(1916–2010)		19771984 Agudat Yisrael[14]
Namir, OraOra Namir
(1930–2019)		19841992 Labor[15]
Katz, YossiYossi Katz
(born 1949)		19921996 Labor[16]
Peretz, AmirAmir Peretz
(born 1952)		19921996 Labor[17]
Levy, MaximMaxim Levy
(1950–2002)		19961999 Gesher (1996 political party)[18]
Tal, DavidDavid Tal
(born 1950)		19992003 Shas[19]
Peretz, YairYair Peretz
(born 1954)		19992003 Shas[20]
Yahalom, ShaulShaul Yahalom
(born 1947)		20032006 Mafdal[21]
Katz, HaimHaim Katz
(born 1947)		20032006 Likud[22]
Sharoni, MosheMoshe Sharoni
(1929–2020)		20062009 Dor (political party)[23]
Galanti, YitzhakYitzhak Galanti
(1937–2012)		20062009 Dor (political party)[24]
Katz, HaimHaim Katz
(born 1947)		20092015 Likud[22]
Alaluf, EliEli Alaluf
(born 1945)		20152019 Kulanu[25]
Katz, HaimHaim Katz
(born 1947)		20202021 Likud[22]


Labor and Welfare committee chairs

Portrait Chair Took office Left office Party Ref.
Rayten, EfratEfrat Rayten
(born 1972)		20212022 Labor[26][27]
Eichler, YisraelYisrael Eichler
(born 1955)		20232025 UTJ[28][29]
Waldiger, MichalMichal Waldiger
(born 1969)		2025 Mafdal–RZ[30]

References

  1. ^ "Labor and Welfare Committee". The Knesset. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Knesset establishes new committees to improve coalition-opposition power balance". The Times of Israel. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Akiva Govrin". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Pinhas Lavon". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Avraham Rakanti". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Binyamin Avniel". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Aryeh Altman". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Moshe Erem". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Nahum Nir". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Moshe Baram". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Shlomo Rosen". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Haika Grossman". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Menachem Porush". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Ora Namir". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Yossi Katz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Amir Peretz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Maxim Levy". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  19. ^ "David Tal". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Yair Peretz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Shaul Yahalom". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  22. ^ a b c "Haim Katz". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Moshe Sharoni". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Yitzhak Galanti". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  25. ^ "Eli Alaluf". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  26. ^ "Efrat Rayten". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  27. ^ "ועדת הכנסת אישרה את מינוייה של חברת הכנסת מטעם מפלגת העבודה" [The Knesset committee approved the appointment of the Knesset member on behalf of the Labor Party]. Kipa (in Hebrew). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  28. ^ "לאחר המתיחות בליכוד: זה התפקיד שימלא ח"כ דוד ביטן בכנסת". Maariv. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  29. ^ "UTJ's Eichler is latest to submit resignation from his Knesset role". The Times of Israel. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  30. ^ "Four new committee chairs appointed: MK Malkieli to chair Committee for Bridging Social Gaps in Periphery, MK Shitrit—Committee for Rights of the Child, MK Kroizer—Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, MK Woldiger—Labor and Welfare Committee". Knesset. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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