Cabinet Secretary (Israel)

The Cabinet Secretary (Hebrew: מזכיר הממשלה) 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.

Duties
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 assigned to 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.

20th century

 * 1. Ze'ev Sherf (1948–57)
 * –. Yael Uzay (interim, 1957–58)
 * 2. Katriel Katz (1958–62)
 * 3. Yael Uzay (first term, 1962–68)
 * 4. Michael Arnon (1968–74)
 * 5. Gershon Avner (1974-77)
 * 6. Arye Naor (1977–82)
 * 7. Dan Meridor (1982–84)
 * 8. Yossi Beilin (1984–86)
 * 9. Elyakim Rubinstein (1986–94)
 * 10. Shmuel Hollander (1994–96)
 * 11. Dan Naveh (1996–1999)
 * 12. Gideon Sa'ar (1999)

21st century

 * 13. Isaac Herzog (1999–2001)
 * —. Gideon Sa'ar (second term, 2001–02)
 * —. Aharon Lishansky (interim, 2002–03)
 * 14. Israel Maimon (2003–07)
 * 15. Oved Yehezkehel (2007–09)
 * 16. Zvi Hauser (2009–13)
 * 17. Avichai Mandelblit (2013–2016)
 * —. Aryeh Zohar (interim, 2016)
 * 18. Tzahi Braverman (2016–21)
 * 19. Shalom Shlomo (2021–2022)
 * 20. Yossi Fuchs (2023-)