Twentieth government of Israel

The twentieth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 10 October 1983, following the resignation of Prime Minister Menachen Begin on 28 August.[1]

First Shamir Cabinet

20th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed10 October 1983 (1983-10-10)
Date dissolved13 September 1984 (1984-09-13)
People and organisations
Head of stateChaim Herzog
Head of governmentYitzhak Shamir
Member partiesLikud
National Religious Party
Tami
Tehiya
Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism
Agudat Yisrael
Status in legislatureCoalition government
Opposition partyAlignment
Opposition leaderShimon Peres
History
Legislature term(s)10th Knesset
Predecessor19th Cabinet of Israel
Successor21st Cabinet of Israel

Shamir kept the same coalition partners as the previous government, i.e. the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism. The coalition held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. All ministers kept their roles from the previous government, with the only changes being that Shamir replaced Begin as Prime Minister (whilst keeping the Foreign Affairs portfolio), Pesah Grupper being promoted from Deputy Minister of Agriculture (also replacing Begin, who had held the portfolio before), Mordechai Tzipori losing his Deputy Minister of Defense role, and Yehuda Ben-Meir becoming Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The government held office until 19 September the following year, when the twenty-first government was formed following the July 1984 elections.

Israeli government formation, 1983
10 October 1983
 
Nominee Yitzhak Shamir Shimon Peres
Party Likud Alignment
Electoral vote 62 58
Percentage 51.7% 48.3%
Prime Minister before election

Menachem Begin
Likud

 Elected Prime Minister

Yitzhak Shamir
Likud


Cabinet members
Position Person Party
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir Likud
Deputy Prime Minister David Levy Likud
Minister of Agriculture Pesah Grupper Likud
Minister of Communications Mordechai Tzipori Likud
Minister of Defense Moshe Arens Not an MK 1
Minister of Economics and
Inter-Ministry Co-ordination		 Ya'akov Meridor Likud
Minister of Education and Culture Zevulun Hammer National Religious Party
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Yitzhak Moda'i Likud
Minister of Finance Yoram Aridor (until 15 October 1983) Likud
Yigal Cohen-Orgad (from 15 October 1983) Likud
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yitzhak Shamir Likud
Minister of Health Eliezer Shostak Likud
Minister of Housing and Construction David Levy Likud
Minister of Immigrant Absorption Aharon Uzan Tami
Minister of Industry and Trade Gideon Patt Likud
Minister of Internal Affairs Yosef Burg National Religious Party
Minister of Justice Moshe Nissim Likud
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Aharon Uzan Tami
Minister of Religious Affairs Yosef Burg National Religious Party
Minister of Science and Development Yuval Ne'eman Tehiya
Minister of Tourism Avraham Sharir Likud
Minister of Transportation Haim Corfu Likud
Minister without Portfolio Mordechai Ben-Porat (until 31 January 1984) Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism
Ariel Sharon Likud
Sarah Doron Likud
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Dov Shilansky Likud
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Michael Dekel Likud
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture Miriam Glazer-Ta'asa Likud
Deputy Minister of Finance Haim Kaufman Likud
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yehuda Ben-Meir National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction Moshe Katsav Likud
Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Ben-Zion Rubin Tami

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

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References
  1. 1983 timeline Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel
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