Yigal Hurvitz (Hebrew: יגאל הורביץ; 15 October 1918 – 10 January 1994) was an Israeli farmer, businessman and politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda (today part of Rishon LeZion) in 1918,[1] but grew up in the rural village of Nahalal.

[2] Between 1938 and 1941 he was a member of the secretariat of HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed, and served in the Jewish Brigade during World War II.

[2] He subsequently owned factories making ice cream and plastic cups.

He was re-elected in 1977, and was appointed Minister of Industry & Tourism, a role he held until October 1978, when he resigned in protest at the government's signing of the Camp David Accords.