Sixth government of Israel

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The sixth government of Israel was formed by Moshe Sharett during the second Knesset on 29 June 1955. Sharett dropped the General Zionists and the Progressive Party from his coalition, which included Mapai, Mizrahi, the Mizrahi Workers, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development.

The only changes to the cabinet from the previous government were the dropping of General Zionist ministers Yosef Serlin, Israel Rokah and Yosef Sapir; instead of appointing new ministers to the cabinet to replace them, Sharett divided their portfolios out between existing ministers. Although his party departed from the coalition, Progressive Party MK Pinchas Rosen remained Minister of Justice.

With the exception of Deputy Minister Kalman Kahana who resigned on 15 August, the government remained in place until 3 November 1955, more than three months after the July 1955 elections.

The Cabinet
Position	Person	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs	Moshe Sharett	Mapai
Minister of Agriculture Minister of Trade and Industry	Peretz Naftali	Mapai
Minister of Defense	David Ben-Gurion	Mapai
Minister of Development	Dov Yosef	Mapai
Minister of Education and Culture	Ben-Zion Dinor	Not an MK
Minister of Finance	Levi Eshkol	Mapai
Minister of Health	Dov Yosef	Mapai
Minister of Internal Affairs Minister of Religions Minister of Welfare	Haim-Moshe Shapira	Mizrahi Workers
Minister of Justice	Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party
Minister of Labour	Golda Meir	Mapai
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	Mapai
Minister of Postal Services	Yosef Burg	Mizrahi Workers
Minister of Transportation	Zalman Aran	Mapai
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Kalman Kahana (until 15 August 1955)	Agudat Israel Workers

[edit] External links

• The sixth government of Israel on the Knesset website (in English)

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