Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel

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cabinet position government ministerial position

The Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel is a senior government official responsible for national housing policy, residential construction, and urban development planning.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Housing Minister of Israel	1
Minister of Construction and Housing of Israel	1
Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3401096 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel
Context triple: [Natan Sharansky, positionHeld, Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel]

A. Minister of Development of Israel
The Minister of Development of Israel was a government cabinet position responsible for overseeing national economic development, infrastructure, and regional growth policies in the State of Israel.
B. Minister of the Interior of Israel
The Minister of the Interior of Israel is the cabinet official responsible for internal affairs including local government, population registry, immigration, and public security administration within the country.
C. Minister of Welfare of Israel
The Minister of Welfare of Israel is the cabinet official responsible for shaping and overseeing the country’s social welfare policies and services.
D. Minister of Labor of Israel
The Minister of Labor of Israel is a senior government official responsible for shaping and overseeing national labor policy, employment regulation, and workers’ rights.
E. Minister without Portfolio of Israel
The Minister without Portfolio of Israel is a government cabinet member who holds ministerial rank and responsibilities without being assigned to a specific ministry.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel
Target entity description: The Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel is a senior government official responsible for national housing policy, residential construction, and urban development planning.

A. Minister of Development of Israel
The Minister of Development of Israel was a government cabinet position responsible for overseeing national economic development, infrastructure, and regional growth policies in the State of Israel.
B. Minister of the Interior of Israel
The Minister of the Interior of Israel is the cabinet official responsible for internal affairs including local government, population registry, immigration, and public security administration within the country.
C. Minister of Welfare of Israel
The Minister of Welfare of Israel is the cabinet official responsible for shaping and overseeing the country’s social welfare policies and services.
D. Minister of Labor of Israel
The Minister of Labor of Israel is a senior government official responsible for shaping and overseeing national labor policy, employment regulation, and workers’ rights.
E. Minister without Portfolio of Israel
The Minister without Portfolio of Israel is a government cabinet member who holds ministerial rank and responsibilities without being assigned to a specific ministry.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial position ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Housing Minister of Israel ⓘ linked to: Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel Minister of Construction and Housing of Israel ⓘ linked to: Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel
appointedBy	Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ
appointedByProcess	appointment by the government with Knesset approval ⓘ
country	State of Israel ⓘ linked to: Israel
hasAuthorityOver	allocation of certain housing budgets ⓘ implementation of government housing decisions ⓘ state-subsidized housing projects ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Israel ⓘ
heads	Ministry of Construction and Housing of Israel ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Construction and Housing (Israel)
inception	20th century (exact year depends on government reorganization) ⓘ
isPositionIn	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Hebrew ⓘ
legalBasis	Basic Laws of Israel and government decisions ⓘ linked to: Basic Laws of Israel
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Jerusalem District ⓘ
memberOf	Knesset committees (ex officio, as relevant) ⓘ linked to: Knesset committees Security Cabinet of Israel ⓘ
nativeLabel	שר הבינוי והשיכון ⓘ
officeHoldersAreUsually	Members of the Knesset ⓘ linked to: Member of the Knesset
oversees	Ministry of Construction and Housing of Israel ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Construction and Housing (Israel)
participatesIn	formulation of national development plans ⓘ inter-ministerial committees on planning and building ⓘ
partOf	Government of Israel ⓘ linked to: government of Israel Israeli Cabinet ⓘ
policyArea	construction ⓘ housing ⓘ public infrastructure related to housing ⓘ regional development ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
reportsTo	Prime Minister of Israel ⓘ
responsibleFor	coordination of housing supply with demographic needs ⓘ development of peripheral areas ⓘ housing affordability policy ⓘ national housing policy ⓘ planning of new residential neighborhoods ⓘ public housing programs ⓘ regulation of construction standards ⓘ residential construction policy ⓘ urban development planning ⓘ
seat	Jerusalem ⓘ
termLength	no fixed term (serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister) ⓘ
worksWith	Israel Land Authority ⓘ Ministry of Finance of Israel ⓘ Ministry of Interior of Israel ⓘ linked to: Israeli Ministry of the Interior local authorities in Israel ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Natan Sharansky → positionHeld → Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel ⓘ

Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel → alsoKnownAs → Minister of Construction and Housing of Israel ⓘ

linked to: Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel

Minister of Housing and Construction of Israel → alsoKnownAs → Housing Minister of Israel ⓘ