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Ministry for Social Equality
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<p>The Ministry for Social Equality for Israel , until August 2015 called the Ministry for Senior Citizens (<a href="/facts/Hebrew_language/hqKCSy9d">Hebrew</a>: המשרד לאזרחים ותיקים, <i>Misrad LeAzrahim Vatikim</i>), is a government ministry in <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a>. The ministerial post was created following the coalition agreement between <a href="/facts/Kadima/joj7eyVz">Kadima</a> and <a href="/facts/Gil_(political_party)/sePmhjN7">Gil</a> (the Pensioners' Party) after the <a href="/facts/2006_Israeli_legislative_election/CJYMlWjq">2006 elections</a>, although the ministry itself was not formed until a vote of approval by the <a href="/facts/Knesset/vNAUyDAu">Knesset</a> on 25 July 2007. </p>