thumb|Yossi Fuchs, current Cabinet Secretary{{Short description|Senior Israeli government official}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.il/en/departments/secretary/govil-landing-page|title=Cabinet Secretariat|publisher=Prime Minister's Office}}</ref> 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.
== List of cabinet secretaries == === 20th century === :1. Ze'ev Sherf (1948–57) :–. Yael Uzay (interim, 1957–58) :2. Katriel Katz (1958–62) :3. {{ill|Yael Uzay|he|יעל עוזאי}} (first term, 1962–68) :4. Michael Arnon (1968–74) :5. {{ill|Gershon Avner|he|גרשון אבנר}} (1974-77) :6. Arye Naor (1977–82)<!--- often spelled Aryeh or Arie but Arye is the spelling he uses --> :7. Dan Meridor (1982–84) :8. Yossi Beilin (1984–86) :9. Elyakim Rubinstein (1986–94) :10. {{ill|Shmuel Hollander|he|שמואל הולנדר}} (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. {{ill|Oved Yehezkehel|he|עובד יחזקאל}} (2007–09) :16. Zvi Hauser (2009–13) :17. Avichai Mandelblit (2013–2016) :—. Aryeh Zohar (interim, 2016) :18. Tzachi Braverman (2016–21) :19. Shalom Shlomo (2021–2022) :20. {{ill|Yossi Fuchs|he|יוסי פוקס}} (2023–)
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Executive branch of the government of Israel