Simha Erlich (Hebrew: שמחה ארליך, 15 December 1915[1] – 19 June 1983) was an Israeli politician.

As Minister of Finance, he tried sought to liberalise the Israeli economy by abolishing foreign currency regulations and travel taxes, as well as cheapening imported goods.

[3] It soon turned out that Israel's economy was not prepared for such a drastic change, as could be seen by the subsequent deterioration of the balance of payments, the mass increase of goods import and sharp rise of inflation rate.

However, he remained Deputy Prime Minister and was in charge of the development of the Galilee, the Arab sector and re-absorption of emigrants.

[2] Erlich died on 19 June 1983 at the age of 67 after heart bypass surgery and was buried in Nachalat Yitzhak Cemetery.