ISRAEL POLITICAL BRIEF
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Government Panel
32nd Government of the State of Israel Headed by Benjamin Netanyahu (March 31, 2009)
Presented to the Knesset on March 31, 2009 and received the Knesset’s approval on March 31, 2009 at 11:15 p.m. with a majority vote of 69 votes for and 45 votes against.
At the time of its swearing-in, the Government Coalition was comprised as follows:
– Likud 27 mandates
– Yisrael Beitaynu 15 mandates
– Labor 13 mandates
– Shas 11 mandates
– Habayit Hayehudi 3 mandates
Following is the Government composition on the day of its swearing-in:
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU Prime Minister
Minister for Economic Strategies
Minister for Senior Citizens
Minister of Health
Minister of Science, Culture and Sport
SILVAN SHALOM Vice Prime Minister
Minister for Regional Cooperation
Minister for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee
DAN MERIDOR Deputy Prime Minister
Minister Responsible for Intelligence Services and the Atomic Energy Commission
MOSHE YA’ALON Vice Prime Minister
Minister
EHUD BARAK Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Defense
ELI YISHAI Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of the Interior
AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Foreign Affairs
YULI EDELSTEIN Minister of Information and Diaspora
YITZHAK AHARONOVITZ Minister of Internal Security
ARIEL ATIAS Minister of Construction and Housing
MICHAEL EITAN Minister Responsible for Improving the Government Service to the Public
GILAD ERDAN Minister of Environmental Protection Responsible for liaising between the Government and the Knesset
ZE’EV B. BEGIN Minister
AVISHAI BRAVERMAN Minister Responsible for Minority Affairs
YITZHAK HERZOG Minister of Welfare and Social Services
DANIEL HERSHKOVITZ Minister of Science and Technology
MOSHE KAHLON Minister of Communications
ISRAEL KATZ Minister of Transportation and Road Safety
LIMOR LIVNAT Minister of Culture and Sport
UZI LANDAU Minister of National Infrastructures
SOFA LANDVER Minister of Immigrant Absorption
STAS MISEJNIKOV Minister of Tourism
YAAKOV MARGI Minister of Religious Services
YAAKOV NE’EMAN Minister of Justice
MESHULAM NAHARI Minister
GIDEON SA’AR Minister of Education
YOSSI PELED Minister
YUVAL SHTEINITZ Minister of Finance
SHALOM SIMHON Minister of Industry, Trade & Labor
ORIT NOKED Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
MATAN VILNAI Minister
