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Haim Katz (; born 21 December 1947) is an Israeli politician. He currently serves as the Minister of Tourism, Minister of Construction and Housing and Minister of Health. Katz was the Minister of Labor, Welfare and Social Services from 2015 to 2019, served as the Minister of National Security, Minister of Heritage and Minister of Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee in 2025, and served as a member of the Knesset for One Nation between 1999 and 2003, and for Likud between 2003 and 2023.
Katz lives in Shoham and is married with three children. He is also a member of the Israel Football Association.
Shortly before the 2003 election, he defected to Likud and was placed 37th on its list. He was re-elected as the party won 38 seats. As a Likud MK he was appointed chairman of the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee. He also initiated a bill banning MKs from serving as head of the Histadrut, meaning Amir Peretz had to resign from his post as Histadrut leader.
In the Likud primaries for the 2006 election, Katz gained thirteenth place on the party's list. Likud won only twelve seats and he lost his seat. However, when Natan Sharansky resigned from the Knesset in November 2006, Katz replaced him as the next member on the list. He retained his seat in the 2009 elections, for which he was placed fourteenth on the Likud list. He was re-elected again in 2013 and 2015. On 15 December 2019 Katz announced that he would support Gideon Sa'ar in the Likud leadership election.
Katz was appointed Minister of Tourism on 29 December 2022. He resigned from the Knesset on 6 January 2023 as part of the Norwegian Law.
On 26 September 2023, Katz became the first Israeli cabinet member to publicly visit Saudi Arabia to attend a UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) conference.
On 23 January 2025, he was appointed as interim minister for the Ministry of National Security, Heritage Ministry, and Ministry for the Development of the Periphery, the Negev and the Galilee, for a temporary term of three months after their previous ministers—Otzma Yehudit MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir, Amihai Eliyahu, and Yitzhak Wasserlauf—resigned from their positions in protest of the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire. Katz also joined the Security Cabinet. Two months later, the three portfolios were given back to Otzma Yehudit after they rejoined the government. On 15 June, Katz became Minister of Construction and Housing following the resigation of Yitzhak Goldknopf over the government's failure to pass a draft law.
Katz was appointed to the Ministry of Health in July 2025.
He was appointed the permanent house minister in September 2025, which was approved by the Knesset on 17 September, with 41 voting for it and 28 voting against it.
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