{"id":9369,"date":"2015-02-16T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/non-professional-directors-in-government-ministries\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:25:43","slug":"non-professional-directors-in-government-ministries","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/non-professional-directors-in-government-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohelet Paper – Non-Professional Director Generals in the Israeli Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This policy paper by Dr. Reuven Frankenburg focuses on the general directors of Israeli ministries, a position which suffers from a lack of clear qualifications on the one hand, since most ministry directors are elected on political allegiance, and circumscribed authorities on the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The paper details the current state of affairs and proposes different ways to rectify the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the English summary here <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the full Hebrew paper here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This policy paper by Dr. Reuven Frankenburg focuses on the general directors of Israeli ministries, a position which suffers from a lack of clear qualifications on the one hand, since most ministry directors are elected on political allegiance, and circumscribed authorities on the other. 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