Twenty-first government of Israel

The twenty-first government of Israel was formed by Shimon Peres of the Alignment on 13 September 1984, following the July elections. With both the Alignment and Likud winning over 40 seats each, neither side could form a stand-alone coalition, resulting in a national unity government, together with the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Shas, Morasha, Shinui and Ometz, which together held 97 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. However, in protest at the alliance with Likud, Mapam broke away from the Alignment, as did Yossi Sarid, who joined Ratz.1984 timeline Jewish Agency for Israel

The government was replaced by the twenty-second government on 20 October 1986, when Yitzhak Shamir replaced Peres as prime minister in accordance with the rotation agreement between the Alignment and Likud. The rotation agreement also led to the creation of the post of acting prime minister, who would take over the powers of prime minister if they were incapable of fulfilling their duties, as opposed to the deputy prime minister, which was a symbolic role. The Minister of Police was also restored to the cabinet.

Cabinet members PositionPersonPartyPrime MinisterShimon PeresAlignmentActing Prime Minister (de facto Alternate)Yitzhak ShamirLikudDeputy Prime MinisterDavid LevyLikudYitzhak NavonAlignmentMinister of AgricultureAryeh NehemkinAlignmentMinister of CommunicationsAmnon RubinsteinShinuiMinister of DefenseYitzhak RabinAlignmentMinister of Economics and Planning 1Gad YaacobiAlignmentMinister of Education and CultureYitzhak NavonAlignmentMinister of Energy and InfrastructureMoshe ShahalAlignmentMinister of FinanceYitzhak Moda'i (until 16 April 1986)LikudMoshe Nissim (from 16 April 1986)LikudMinister of Foreign AffairsYitzhak ShamirLikudMinister of HealthMordechai GurAlignmentMinister of Housing and ConstructionDavid LevyLikudMinister of Immigrant AbsorptionYa'akov TzurAlignmentMinister of Industry and TradeAriel SharonLikudMinister of Internal AffairsShimon Peres (until 24 December 1984)AlignmentYitzhak Peretz (from 24 December 1984)ShasMinister of JusticeMoshe Nissim (until 16 April 1986)LikudYitzhak Moda'i (16 April 1986 - 23 July 1986)LikudAvraham Sharir (from 23 July 1986)LikudMoshe KatsavLikudMinister of PoliceHaim Bar-LevAlignmentMinister of Religious AffairsShimon Peres (until 23 December 1984)AlignmentYosef Burg (23 December 1984 - 5 October 1986)National Religious PartyZevulun Hammer (from 5 October 1986)National Religious PartyMinister of Science and DevelopmentGideon PattLikudMinister of TourismAvraham SharirLikudMinister of TransportationHaim CorfuLikudMinister without PortfolioYitzhak Peretz (until 18 December 1984)ShasYosef Burg (until 23 December 1984)National Religious PartyMoshe ArensLikudYigal HurvitzOmetzYosef ShapiraNot an MKEzer WeizmanYahad, AlignmentDeputy Minister of AgricultureAvraham Katz-OzAlignmentDeputy Minister of DefenseMichael Dekel (from 3 December 1985)LikudDeputy Minister of FinanceAdiel AmoraiAlignmentDeputy Minister of Foreign AffairsRoni MiloLikudDeputy Minister of HealthShoshana Arbeli-AlmozlinoAlignmentDeputy Minister of Labour and Social WelfareMenachem Porush (until 2 December 1985)Agudat YisraelRafael Pinhasi (from 2 December 1985)Shas

1 The post was initially called the Minister of Economics and Inter-Ministry Coordination, before being renamed on 16 September 1984.

References

External links Ninth Knesset: Government 21 Knesset website