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.1983 timeline Jewish Agency for 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 13 September the following year, when the twenty-first government was formed following the July 1984 elections.
Cabinet members PositionPersonPartyPrime MinisterYitzhak ShamirLikudDeputy Prime MinisterDavid LevyLikudMinister of AgriculturePesah GrupperLikudMinister of CommunicationsMordechai TziporiLikudMinister of DefenseMoshe ArensNot an MK 1Minister of Economics andInter-Ministry Co-ordinationYa'akov MeridorLikudMinister of Education and CultureZevulun HammerNational Religious PartyMinister of Energy and InfrastructureYitzhak Moda'iLikudMinister of FinanceYoram Aridor (until 15 October 1983)LikudYigal Cohen-Orgad (from 15 October 1983)LikudMinister of Foreign AffairsYitzhak ShamirLikudMinister of HealthEliezer ShostakLikudMinister of Housing and ConstructionDavid LevyLikudMinister of Immigrant AbsorptionAharon UzanTamiMinister of Industry and TradeGideon PattLikudMinister of Internal AffairsYosef BurgNational Religious PartyMinister of JusticeMoshe NissimLikudAharon UzanTamiMinister of Religious AffairsYosef BurgNational Religious PartyMinister of Science and DevelopmentYuval Ne'emanTehiyaMinister of TourismAvraham SharirLikudMinister of TransportationHaim CorfuLikudMinister without PortfolioMovement for the Renewal of Social ZionismAriel SharonLikudSarah DoronLikudDov ShilanskyLikudDeputy Minister of AgricultureMichael DekelLikudDeputy Minister of Education and CultureMiriam Glazer-Ta'asaLikudDeputy Minister of FinanceHaim KaufmanLikudDeputy Minister of Foreign AffairsYehuda Ben-MeirNational Religious PartyDeputy Minister of Housing and ConstructionMoshe KatsavLikudDeputy Minister of Labour and Social WelfareBen-Zion RubinTami
1 Although Arens was not an MK at the time, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Likud list.
References
External links Eighth Knesset: Government 20 Knesset website