The nineteenth government of Israel was formed by Menachem Begin on 5 August 1981 following the June 1981 elections. Begin included Likud, the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and Telem in his coalition, which held 63 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, and the cabinet had 17 ministers. On 26 August Tehiya joined the coalition, and the number of ministers rose to 18.
Begin resigned as Prime Minister in August 1983, and Yitzhak Shamir formed the twentieth government on 10 October, which held office until after the 1984 elections.
Cabinet members PositionPersonPartyPrime MinisterMenachem BeginLikudDeputy Prime MinisterSimha Erlich (until 19 June 1983)LikudDavid Levy (from 3 November 1981)LikudMinister of AgricultureSimha Erlich (until 19 June 1983)LikudMenachem BeginLikudMinister of CommunicationsMordechai TziporiLikudMinister of DefenseAriel Sharon (until 14 February 1983)LikudMenachem Begin (14–23 February 1983)LikudMoshe Arens (from 23 February 1983)Not an MKMinister of Economics andInter-Ministry Co-ordinationYa'akov MeridorLikudMinister of Education and CultureZevulun HammerNational Religious PartyMinister of Energy and InfrastructureLikudYitzhak Moda'i (from 19 October 1982)LikudMinister of FinanceYoram AridorLikudMinister of Foreign AffairsYitzhak ShamirLikudMinister of HealthEliezer ShostakLikudMinister of Housing and ConstructionDavid LevyLikudMinister of Immigrant AbsorptionAharon Abuhatzira (until 4 May 1982)TamiAharon Uzan (from 4 May 1982)TamiMinister of Industry and TradeGideon PattLikudMinister of Internal AffairsYosef BurgNational Religious PartyMinister of JusticeMoshe NissimLikudAharon Abuhatzira (until 2 May 1982)TamiAharon Uzan (from 3 May 1982)TamiMinister of Religious AffairsYosef BurgNational Religious PartyMinister of Science and DevelopmentYuval Ne'eman (from 26 July 1982)TehiyaMinister of TourismGideon Patt (until 11 August 1981)LikudAvraham Sharir (from 1 August 1981)LikudMinister of TransportationHaim CorfuLikudMinister without PortfolioYitzhak Moda'i (until 19 October 1982)LikudMordechai Ben-Porat (from 5 July 1982)Telem, Movement for the Renewal of Social ZionismAriel Sharon (from 14 February 1982)LikudSarah Doron (from 5 July 1983)LikudDeputy Minister in the Prime Minister's OfficeDov ShilanskyLikudDeputy Minister of AgricultureMichael DekelLikudPesach GrupperLikudDeputy Minister of DefenseMordechai TziporiLikudDeputy Minister of Education and CultureMiriam Glazer-Ta'asaLikudDeputy Minister of FinanceHaim Kaufman (from 28 August 1981)LikudDeputy Minister of Housing and ConstructionMoshe KatsavLikudDeputy Minister of Immigrant AbsorptionAharon Uzan (until 5 May 1982)TamiDeputy Minister of Labour and Social WelfareBen-Zion RubinTamiDeputy Minister of Religious AffairsHaim Drukman (until 2 March 1982)National Religious PartyDeputy Minister of TransportationDavid Shiffman (until 18 October 1982)Likud
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External links Tenth Knesset: Government 19 Knesset website