Nineteenth government of Israel explained

Cabinet Name:Second Begin Cabinet
Cabinet Number:19th
Jurisdiction:Israel
Flag:Flag of Israel.svg
Flag Border:true
Government Head:Menachem Begin
State Head:Yitzhak Navon (until 5 May 1983)
Chaim Herzog (from 5 May 1983)
Legislature Status:Coalition government
Political Parties:Likud
National Religious Party
Telem
Tami
Tehiya
Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism
Agudat Yisrael
Previous:18th Cabinet of Israel
Successor:20th Cabinet of Israel
Legislature Term:10th Knesset
Election:1981
Opposition Leader:Shimon Peres
Opposition Party:Alignment

The Nineteenth government of Israel was formed by Menachem Begin on 5 August 1981, following the June elections. Begin included Likud, the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and Telem in his coalition, which held 63 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, and the cabinet had 17 ministers. On 26 August Tehiya joined the coalition, and the number of ministers rose to 18.

Begin resigned as Prime Minister in August 1983, and Yitzhak Shamir formed the twentieth government on 10 October, which held office until after the 1984 elections.

Cabinet members

PositionPersonParty
Prime MinisterMenachem BeginLikud
Deputy Prime MinisterSimha Erlich (until 19 June 1983) 1Likud
David Levy (from 3 November 1981)Likud
Minister of AgricultureSimha Erlich (until 19 June 1983) 1Likud
Menachem BeginLikud
Minister of CommunicationsMordechai TziporiLikud
Minister of DefenseAriel Sharon (until 14 February 1983)Likud
Menachem Begin (14–23 February 1983)Likud
Moshe Arens (from 23 February 1983)Not an MK 2
Minister of Economics and
Inter-Ministry Co-ordination
Ya'akov MeridorNot an MK 2
Minister of Education and CultureZevulun HammerNational Religious Party
Minister of Energy and InfrastructureLikud
Yitzhak Moda'i (from 19 October 1982)Likud
Minister of FinanceYoram AridorLikud
Minister of Foreign AffairsYitzhak ShamirLikud
Minister of HealthEliezer ShostakLikud
Minister of Housing and ConstructionDavid LevyLikud
Minister of Immigrant AbsorptionAharon Abuhatzira (until 4 May 1982) 4Tami
Aharon Uzan (from 4 May 1982)Tami
Minister of Industry and TradeGideon PattLikud
Minister of Internal AffairsYosef BurgNational Religious Party
Minister of JusticeMoshe NissimLikud
Aharon Abuhatzira (until 2 May 1982) 4Tami
Aharon Uzan (from 3 May 1982)Tami
Minister of Religious AffairsYosef BurgNational Religious Party
Minister of Science and DevelopmentYuval Ne'eman (from 26 July 1982)Tehiya
Minister of TourismGideon Patt (until 11 August 1981)Likud
Avraham Sharir (from 1 August 1981)Likud
Minister of TransportationHaim CorfuLikud
Minister without PortfolioYitzhak Moda'i (until 19 October 1982)Likud
Mordechai Ben-Porat (from 5 July 1982)Telem, Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism
Ariel Sharon (from 14 February 1982)Likud
Sarah Doron (from 5 July 1983)Likud
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeDov ShilanskyLikud
Deputy Minister of AgricultureMichael DekelLikud
Pesach GrupperLikud
Deputy Minister of DefenseMordechai TziporiLikud
Deputy Minister of Education and CultureMiriam Glazer-Ta'asaLikud
Deputy Minister of FinanceHaim Kaufman (from 28 August 1981)Likud
Deputy Minister of Housing and ConstructionMoshe KatsavLikud
Deputy Minister of Immigrant AbsorptionAharon Uzan (until 5 May 1982)Tami
Deputy Minister of Labour and Social WelfareBen-Zion RubinTami
Deputy Minister of Religious AffairsHaim Drukman (until 2 March 1982)National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of TransportationDavid Shiffman (until 18 October 1982) 1Likud

1 Died in office.

2 Although Arens was not an MK at the time, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Likud list.

3 Berman resigned from the government due to its attitude towards the Kahan Commission.[1]

3 Abuhatzira resigned from the government after being convicted of larceny, breach of trust and fraud.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=317 Yitzhak Berman: Particulars
  2. http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/Vol_84__1984.pdf American Jewish Yearbook 1984