Israel’s cupboard at the moment permitted Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich’s two appointments for high positions within the Ministry of Finance: Maharan Frozenfar will probably be appointed budget commissioner and Michal Abadi-Boiangiu will return for a second stint as accountant general.
Cabinet approval ends a protracted saga, which has left the budget division and not using a head in the course of the delicate interval during which the federal government has been attempting to move the 2026 budget. Six months have handed since Smotrich introduced that Frozenfar would change Yogev Gradus.
The appointment was repeatedly blocked by the Appointments Committee of the Civil Service Commission, citing Smotrich’s full refusal to fill senior positions within the Ministry of Finance with girls. After the appointment was rejected on three earlier events, Smotrich’s entourage promoted an unprecedented deal: in alternate for approving Frozenfar’s appointment to the Budget Division, Smotrich would appoint a lady as Accountant General. After interviewing a number of completely different girls, Abadi-Boiangiu was lastly chosen, whose appointment was permitted by the committee. About two weeks in the past, Frozenfar was additionally permitted by the committee.
Smotrich mentioned, “Michal and Maharan have in depth expertise and broad imaginative and prescient, each in the private and non-private sectors. Both have excessive administration expertise, teamwork expertise, braveness, artistic pondering, infinite love for the State of Israel and a willingness to surrender an excellent deal within the personal sector in an effort to return to the general public sector.”
Frozenfar beforehand served because the monetary advisor to the Chief of Staff and as head of the budget division on the Ministry of Defense, the place he was chargeable for managing the protection budget and led strategic reforms within the area. After retiring from the IDF on the rank of brigadier general, he based a strategic and monetary consultancy agency, suggested key financial entities, and held joint possession in insurance coverage companies. His appointment to the place required signing an intensive battle of curiosity settlement.
Abadi-Boiangiu has served thus far as chair of the EAPC group of firms, and she or he herself beforehand served as accountant general. She is a lawyer, accountant, and economist with in depth expertise within the authorities and monetary sectors, has held a lot of senior positions in the private and non-private sectors, and has served as chairwoman and director of key monetary and public entities.
Published by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on January 11, 2026.
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