Thirteenth government of Israel

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The thirteenth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 12 January 1966,^[1] following the November 1965 elections. His coalition included the Alignment (an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda), the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood, and had eighteen ministers.

On 5 June 1967, the first day of the Six-Day War, Gahal and Rafi joined the government, with the number of ministers rising to 21. Eshkol died on 26 February 1969, and the government was temporarily led by Yigal Allon until Golda Meir formed the fourteenth government on 17 March 1969.

New posts in the government included the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and the Minister of Information.

Cabinet members

Position	Person	Party
Prime Minister	Levi Eshkol (until 26 February 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
Prime Minister	Yigal Allon (interim after 26 February 1969)	Alignment
Deputy Prime Minister	Yigal Allon (after 1 July 1968)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Agriculture	Haim Gvati	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Defense	Levi Eshkol (until 5 June 1967)	Alignment
Minister of Defense	Moshe Dayan (after 5 June 1967)	Rafi, Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Development	Moshe Kol	Not an MK ¹
Minister of Education and Culture	Zalman Aran	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Finance	Pinchas Sapir (until 5 August 1968)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Finance	Ze'ev Sherf (from 5 August 1968)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abba Eban	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Health	Yisrael Barzilai	Not an MK ²
Minister of Housing	Mordechai Bentov	Not an MK ²
Minister of Immigrant Absorption	Yigal Allon (from 1 July 1968)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Information	Yisrael Galili (from 5 June 1967)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Internal Affairs	Haim-Moshe Shapira	National Religious Party
Minister of Justice	Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira	Not an MK ³
Minister of Labour	Yigal Allon (until 1 July 1968)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Labour	Yosef Almogi (from 8 July 1968)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (until 2 January 1967)	Alignment
Minister of Police	Eliyahu Sasson (from 2 January 1967)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Postal Services	Eliyahu Sasson (until 2 January 1967)	Alignment
Minister of Postal Services	Yisrael Yeshayahu (from 2 January 1967)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig	National Religious Party
Minister of Tourism	Moshe Kol	Not an MK ¹
Minister of Trade and Industry	Haim Yosef Zadok (until 22 November 1966)	Alignment
Minister of Trade and Industry	Ze'ev Sherf (from 22 November 1966)	Alignment
Minister of Transportation	Moshe Carmel	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Welfare	Yosef Burg	National Religious Party
Minister without Portfolio	Yisrael Galili (until 5 June 1967)	Alignment
	Menachem Begin (from 5 June 1967)	Gahal
	Yosef Sapir (from 5 June 1967)	Gahal
	Pinchas Sapir (from 5 August 1968)	Labor Party, Alignment
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Aharon Uzan	Alignment, Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Defense	Zvi Dinstein (until 5 June 1967)	Alignment
Deputy Minister of Development	Yehuda Sha'ari	Independent Liberals
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Kalman Kahana	Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Aharon Yadlin	Alignment, Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Finance	Zvi Dinstein (from 24 July 1967)	Labor Party, Alignment
Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption	Aryeh Eliav (from 12 August 1968)	Labor Party, Alignment
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs	Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir	National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of Religions	Binyamin Shahor	National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry	Aryeh Eliav (17 October 1966 - 22 November 1966)	Alignment
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry	Aryeh Eliav (28 November 1966 - 26 June 1967)	Alignment

¹ Kol was elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberal list, but resigned his seat after being appointed to the cabinet.

² Although Barzilai or Bentov were not MKs at the time, both were members of Mapam.

³ Although Shapira was not an MK at the time, he had previously been an MK for Mapai, and w elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment.

References

↑ 1966 Jewish Agency for Israel

External links

The thirteenth government of Israel Knesset website

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