The twenty-fourth government of Israel was formed by the leader of the Likud bloc, Yitzhak Shamir, on June 11, 1990 [1] . Shamir managed to form a government after the failure of the attempt to form a government undertaken by the leader of the Maarah bloc Shimon Peres .
The government was coalitional; the ruling coalition included the Likud bloc, MAFDAL , ShAS , Agudat Israel , Degel ha-Torah , and the New Liberal Party in , “ Techia ”, “ Tsomet ”, “ Moledet ”, Association for Peace and Immigration and "Gailat Israel" which had a total of 62 out of 120 seats in the Knesset. A number of authors (including political scientist Clive Jones and historians Avi Schlaim and Benny Morris [2] ) subsequently called the 24th government of Israel the most right in the history of this country.
The Tehija, Tsomet, and Moledet parties left the coalition in late 1991 - early 1992 in protest against Shamir's participation in the Madrid Conference , but the government remained in power until Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government after the victory of the Avoda party in the 1992 Knesset elections.
Government Composition
| Position | First Name Last Name | Party affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Deputy Prime Minister | David Levy | Likud |
| Moshe Nissim | Likud | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Rafael Eitan (until December 31, 1991) | Comet |
| Minister of Communications | Rafael Pinhashi | Shas |
| Minister of Defense | Moshe Arens | Likud |
| Minister of Economics and Planning | David Magen | Likud |
| Minister of Education and Culture | Zevulon Hammer | MAFDAL |
| Minister of Energy and Infrastructure | Yuval Neeman (until January 21, 1992) | Not a member of the Knesset 1 |
| Minister of the Environment | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Minister of Finance | Yitzhak Modai | Likud |
| Foreign Secretary | David Levy | Likud |
| Minister of Health | Ehud Olmert | Likud |
| Minister of construction | Ariel Sharon | Likud |
| Minister of Absorption | Yitzhak Pepper | Shas |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Moshe Nissim | Likud |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Arye Deri | Not a member of the Knesset 2 |
| Minister for Jerusalem | Yitzhak Shamir (since November 27, 1990) | Likud |
| Minister of Justice | Dan Meridor | Likud |
| Minister of Labor and Social Security | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Minister of Homeland Security | Roni Milo | Likud |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Avner Shaki | MAFDAL |
| Minister of Science and Development | Yuval Neeman (until January 21, 1990) | Not a member of the Knesset 1 |
| Minister of Tourism | Gideon patt | Likud |
| Minister of Transport | Moshe Katsav | Likud |
| Minister without portfolio | Rehavam Zeevi (February 5, 1991 - January 12, 1992) | Molelet |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Yigal Bibi (August 2 − November 20, 1990) | MAFDAL |
| Shmuel Halpert (November 19, 1990 - June 8, 1991) | Agudat Israel | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu (since November 11, 1991) | Likud | |
| Deputy Minister of Communications | Efraim Gur (July 2 - November 20, 1990) | Association for Peace and Immigration |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | Ovadia Eli | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Culture | Pinchas Goldstein (since November 20, 1990) | New liberal party |
| Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection | Yigal Bibi (since November 20, 1990) | MAFDAL |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Joseph Azran (since July 2, 1990) | Maarah |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Benjamin Netanyahu (until November 11, 1991) | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Health | Eliezer Mizrahi | Agudat Israel , Geilat Israel |
| Deputy Minister of Construction | Abraham Rawitz | Agudat Israel |
| Deputy Minister for Jerusalem | Abraham Verdiger (since November 27, 1990) | Agudat Israel |
| Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security | Menachem Porush (since November 19, 1990) | Agudat Israel |
| Shmuel Halpert (since June 8, 1991) | Agudat Israel | |
| Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs | Moshe Gafni (since July 23, 1990) | Degel Hora Torah |
| Deputy Minister of Science and Technology | Geula Cohen (until October 31, 1991) | Tehia |
| Deputy Minister of Transport | Pinchas Goldstein (July 2 - November 20, 1990) | New liberal party |
1 Although Neeman was not a member of the Knesset at that time, he was a member of the Techiah party.
2 Although Dery was not a member of the Knesset at that time, he was a member of the Shas party .
Notes
- ↑ Factional and Government Make-Up of the Twelfth Knesset Knesset website
- ↑ Clive A. Jones. Soviet Jewish Aliyah, 1989-92: Impact and Implications for Israel and the Middle East . - Routledge, 1996. - ISBN 0-7146-4625-3 .
Avi Shlaim . Prelude to the Accord: Likud, Labor and the Palestinians // Journal of Palestine Studies. - 1994. - Vol. 23, No. 2 . - P. 5-19.
Benny Morris . Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998 . - Vintage Books, 2011 .-- P. 611. - ISBN 0-679-74475-4 .
Links
- Twenty-fourth Government of Israel on the Knesset website