Fourteenth government of Israel

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First Meir Cabinet

14th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed17 March 1969 (1969-03-17)
Date dissolved15 December 1969 (1969-12-15)
People and organisations
Head of stateZalman Shazar
Head of governmentGolda Meir
Member partiesAlignment
National Religious Party
Gahal
Independent Liberals
Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Progress and Development
Cooperation and Brotherhood
Status in legislatureCoalition
Opposition leaderYitzhak-Meir Levin
History
Legislature term(s)6th Knesset
Predecessor13th Cabinet of Israel
Successor15th Cabinet of Israel

The fourteenth government of Israel was formed by

Minister without Portfolio
instead.

The government served until the formation of the fifteenth government by Meir on 15 December 1969, following the October elections.

Israeli government formation, March 1969

← 1966 17 March 1969 December 1969 →
 
Nominee Golda Meir Yitzhak-Meir Levin
Party Alignment Agudat Yisrael
Electoral vote 93 27
Percentage 77.5% 22.5%

Prime Minister before election

Levi Eshkol
Alignment

Elected Prime Minister

Golda Meir
Alignment

Cabinet members

Position Person Party
Prime Minister Golda Meir
Alignment
Deputy Prime Minister
Yigal Allon
Alignment
Minister of Agriculture
Haim Gvati Not an MK 1
Minister of Defense
Moshe Dayan
Alignment
Minister of Development Moshe Kol Not an MK 2
Minister of Education and Culture
Zalman Aran
Alignment
Minister of Finance
Ze'ev Sherf
Alignment
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abba Eban
Alignment
Minister of Health
Yisrael Barzilai Not an MK 3
Minister of Housing
Mordechai Bentov Not an MK 3
Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Yigal Allon
Alignment
Minister of Internal Affairs
Haim-Moshe Shapira National Religious Party
Minister of Justice
Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira Not an MK 4
Minister of Labour
Yosef Almogi
Alignment
Minister of Police
Eliyahu Sasson
Alignment
Minister of Postal Services
Yisrael Yeshayahu
Alignment
Minister of Religions
Zerach Warhaftig
National Religious Party
Minister of Tourism
Moshe Kol Not an MK 2
Minister of Trade and Industry
Ze'ev Sherf
Alignment
Minister of Transportation
Moshe Carmel Not an MK 1
Minister of Welfare
Yosef Burg National Religious Party
Minister without Portfolio
Yisrael Galili
Alignment
Menachem Begin Gahal
Yosef Sapir Gahal
Pinchas Sapir
Alignment
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Aharon Uzan (until 17 November 1969)
Alignment
Deputy Minister of Development Yehuda Sha'ari Independent Liberals
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture Kalman Kahana Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Aharon Yadlin (until 17 November 1969)
Alignment
Deputy Minister of Finance Zvi Dinstein
Alignment
Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption Aryeh Eliav
Alignment
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of Religions Binyamin Shahor National Religious Party

1 Gvati and Carmel had been elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but resigned their seats in 1966.

2 Kol had been elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberals list, but had resigned after being appointed to the cabinet.

3 Although Barzilai and Bentov were not Knesset members, both were members of Mapam.

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

References

  1. ^ 1969 Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel

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