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1966?69 government led by Levi Eshkol
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
.
Israeli government formation, 1966
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Cabinet members
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Position
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Person
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Party
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Prime Minister
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Levi Eshkol
(until 26 February 1969)
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Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Yigal Allon
(interim after 26 February 1969)
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Alignment
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Deputy Prime Minister
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Yigal Allon
(after 1 July 1968)
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Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Minister of Agriculture
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Haim Gvati
|
Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Defense
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Levi Eshkol
(until 5 June 1967)
|
Alignment
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Moshe Dayan
(after 5 June 1967)
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Rafi
,
Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Minister of Development
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Moshe Kol
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Not an MK
1
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Minister of Education and Culture
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Zalman Aran
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Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Finance
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Pinchas Sapir
(until 5 August 1968)
|
Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Ze'ev Sherf
(from 5 August 1968)
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Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Abba Eban
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Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Health
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Yisrael Barzilai
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Not an MK
2
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Minister of Housing
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Mordechai Bentov
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Not an MK
2
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Minister of Immigrant Absorption
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Yigal Allon
(from 1 July 1968)
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Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Minister of Information
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Yisrael Galili
(from 5 June 1967)
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Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Internal Affairs
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Haim-Moshe Shapira
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National Religious Party
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Minister of Justice
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Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira
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Not an MK
3
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Minister of Labour
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Yigal Allon
(until 1 July 1968)
|
Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Yosef Almogi
(from 8 July 1968)
|
Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Minister of Police
|
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit
(until 2 January 1967)
|
Alignment
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Eliyahu Sasson
(from 2 January 1967)
|
Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Postal Services
|
Eliyahu Sasson
(until 2 January 1967)
|
Alignment
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Yisrael Yeshayahu
(from 2 January 1967)
|
Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Religions
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Zerach Warhaftig
|
National Religious Party
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Minister of Tourism
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Moshe Kol
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Not an MK
1
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Minister of Trade and Industry
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Haim Yosef Zadok
(until 22 November 1966)
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Alignment
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Ze'ev Sherf
(from 22 November 1966)
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Alignment
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Minister of Transportation
|
Moshe Carmel
|
Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Minister of Welfare
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Yosef Burg
|
National Religious Party
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Minister without Portfolio
|
Yisrael Galili
(until 5 June 1967)
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Alignment
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Menachem Begin
(from 5 June 1967)
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Gahal
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Yosef Sapir
(from 5 June 1967)
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Gahal
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Pinchas Sapir
(from 5 August 1968)
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Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Deputy Minister of Agriculture
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Aharon Uzan
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Alignment
,
Labor Party
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Deputy Minister of Defense
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Zvi Dinstein
(until 5 June 1967)
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Alignment
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Deputy Minister of Development
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Yehuda Sha'ari
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Independent Liberals
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Deputy Minister of Education and Culture
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Kalman Kahana
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Poalei Agudat Yisrael
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Aharon Yadlin
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Alignment
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Labor Party
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Deputy Minister of Finance
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Zvi Dinstein
(from 24 July 1967)
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Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption
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Aryeh Eliav
(from 12 August 1968)
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Labor Party
,
Alignment
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Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
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Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir
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National Religious Party
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Deputy Minister of Religions
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Binyamin Shahor
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National Religious Party
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Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
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Aryeh Eliav
(17 October 1966 - 22 November 1966)
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Alignment
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Aryeh Eliav
(28 November 1966 - 26 June 1967)
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Alignment
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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.
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