Twenty-sixth government of Israel

The twenty-sixth government of Israel was formed by Shimon Peres of the Labor Party on 22 November 1995, following the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on 4 November. Peres kept the same coalition as previously, namely the Labor Party, Meretz and Yiud, which together held only 58 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. However, the government was also supported, but not joined, by Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party, which held an additional five seats between them.Factional and Government Make-Up of the Thirteenth Knesset Knesset website

Although the Labor Party won the May 1996 Knesset elections, Peres was narrowly defeated by Binyamin Netanyahu in the country's first election for Prime Minister, meaning that the Likud leader formed the twenty-seventh government, which he completed on 18 June.

Cabinet members PositionPersonPartyPrime MinisterShimon PeresLabor PartyMinister of AgricultureYa'akov TzurNot an MK 1Minister of CommunicationsShulamit AloniMeretzMinister of DefenseShimon PeresLabor PartyMinister of Education, Culture and SportAmnon RubinsteinMeretzMinister of Energy and InfrastructureGonen SegevYiudMinister of the EnvironmentYossi SaridMeretzMinister of FinanceAvraham ShochatLabor PartyMinister of Foreign AffairsEhud Barak 2Labor PartyMinister of HealthEfraim SnehLabor PartyMinister of Housing and ConstructionBinyamin Ben-EliezerLabor PartyMinister of Immigrant AbsorptionYair TzabanMeretzMinister of Industry and TradeMichael HarishLabor PartyMinister of Internal AffairsHaim RamonLabor PartyMinister of Internal SecurityMoshe ShahalLabor PartyMinister of JusticeDavid LibaiLabor PartyMinister of Labour and Social WelfareOra Namir (until 21 May 1996)3Labor PartyMinister in the Prime Minister's OfficeYossi BeilinLabor PartyMinister of Religious AffairsShimon ShetreetLabor PartyMinister of Science and the ArtsShulamit AloniMeretzMinister of TourismUzi BaramLabor PartyMinister of TransportationYisrael KessarLabor PartyMinister without PortfolioYehuda AmitalNot an MK 4Deputy Minister of AgricultureWalid Haj YahiaMeretzDeputy Minister of DefenseOri Orr (from 27 November 1995)Labor PartyDeputy Minister of Education, Culture and SportMicha GoldmanLabor PartyDeputy Minister of Foreign AffairsEli DayanLabor PartyDeputy Minister of HealthNawaf MassalhaLabor PartyDeputy Minister of Housing and ConstructionEli Ben-MenachemLabor PartyAlex GoldfarbYiudDeputy Minister of Industry and TradeMasha LubelskyLabor PartyDeputy Minister of Internal AffairsSalah TarifLabor Party

1 Although Tzur was not a Knesset member at the time, he had previously been elected on the Alignment list, and was a Labor Party member.

2 Although Barak was not a Knesset member at the time, he was elected to the next Knesset on the Labor Party list.

3 Namir resigned from the government after being appointed ambassador to China.

4 Although Amital was never a Knesset member, he was the founder of Meimad.

References

External links Eleventh Knesset: Government 26 Knesset website