Cabinet Name: | Lapid Shadow Cabinet |
Cabinet Type: | Shadow Cabinet |
Jurisdiction: | Israel |
Flag Border: | true |
Incumbent: | 2005 – 2006 |
Date Formed: | 3 January 2005 |
Government Head Title: | Shadow Prime Minister |
Government Head: | Tommy Lapid |
Other Government Minister Title: | Prime Minister being shadowed |
Other Government Minister: | Ariel Sharon (30th Government) |
State Head Title: | President |
State Head: | Moshe Katzav |
Last Election: | 2006 Israeli legislative election |
Legislature Term: | 16th Knesset |
Deputy Government Head: | Avraham Poraz |
Deputy Government Head Title: | Shadow Acting Prime Minister |
The Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid was created on 3 January 2005[1] [2] following Shinui's withdrawal from the government in December 2004. Although the idea was considered before,[3] especially in the 1980s when Likud and the Israeli Labor Party formed large blocs in the Knesset, this was the first time a Shadow Cabinet was formed in Israel.