Cabinet Secretary (Israel)


The Cabinet Secretary 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 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.
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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.