The Religious Affairs Ministry will be officially disbanded on Sunday and its 300 workers will be spread out among the various ministries, which will continue to supply religious services.
The move is finally being made after a special unit set up to dismantle the ministry completed the relocation of Religious Ministry workers.
Dismantling the ministry was the main demand made by Shinui to join the coalition.
Responsibility for non-Jewish groups will be transferred to the Interior Ministry, while the department that deals with religious councils will be moved to the Prime Minister's Office.
The center for the development of holy sites will be the responsibility of the Tourism Ministry, the rabbinic courts will be under the control of the Justice Ministry, and the rabbi of the holy sites and of the Western Wall will be under the supervision of the Chief Rabbinate. Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel Hollander called the move historic, saying it was correct from an administrative point of view.