Thirty-first government of Israel
 31st Cabinet of Israel | |
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| Date formed | 4 May 2006 |
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| Date dissolved | 31 March 2009 |
| People and organizations | |
| Head of government | Ehud Olmert |
| Head of state |
Moshe Katsav (until 1 July 2007) Shimon Peres (since 1 July 2007) |
| Member party |
Kadima Labor Party Shas Gil Yisrael Beiteinu (November 2006 - 16 January 2008) |
| Status in legislature | Coalition |
| Opposition party | Likud |
| Opposition leader | Binyamin Netanyahu |
| History | |
| Election(s) | March elections |
| Outgoing election | February elections |
| Legislature term(s) | 17th Knesset |
| Previous | thirtieth government |
| Successor | thirty-second government |
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The thirty-first government of Israel (Hebrew: מֶמְשֶׁלֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַשְׁלוֹשִׁים וְאַחַת, Mem'shelet Yisrael HaShloshim VeAkhat ) was formed by Ehud Olmert on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. His coalition initially included the Labor Party, Shas and Gil,[1] and held 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The 11-seat Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition in November 2006, but left on 16 January 2008 in protest at peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority.[2] With the inclusion of the Labor Party's Raleb Majadele as a Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2007, it became the first Israeli cabinet to have a Muslim minister.[3]
The government held office until Binyamin Netanyahu formed the thirty-second government on 31 March 2009, following the February elections.
Cabinet members
| Position | Person | Party |
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| Prime Minister | Ehud Olmert | Kadima |
| Vice Prime Minister | Shimon Peres (until 13 June 2007)1 | Kadima |
| Haim Ramon | Kadima | |
| Acting Prime Minister | Tzipi Livni | Kadima |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Ehud Barak (from 18 June 2007)2 | Labor Party |
| Avigdor Lieberman (30 October 2006 - 18 January 2008) | Yisrael Beiteinu | |
| Shaul Mofaz | Kadima | |
| Amir Peretz (until 18 June 2007)2 | Labor Party | |
| Eli Yishai | Shas | |
| Minister of Agriculture | Shalom Simhon | Labor Party |
| Minister of Communications | Ariel Atias | Shas |
| Minister of Defense | Amir Peretz (until 18 June 2007)2 | Labor Party |
| Ehud Barak (from 18 June 2007)2 | Labor Party | |
| Minister of Development of the Negev and Galilee | Shimon Peres (until 13 June 2007)1 | Kadima |
| Ya'akov Edri (from 4 July 2007) | Kadima | |
| Minister of Diaspora, Society and the fight against Anti-semitism | Isaac Herzog (from 21 March 2007) | Labor Party |
| Minister of Education, Culture and Sport | Yuli Tamir | Labor Party |
| Minister of the Environment | Gideon Ezra | Kadima |
| Minister of Finance | Avraham Hirschson (until 3 July 2007) | Kadima |
| Roni Bar-On (from 4 July 2007) | Kadima | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Tzipi Livni | Kadima |
| Minister of Health | Ya'akov Ben-Yezri | Gil |
| Minister of Housing and Construction | Meir Sheetrit (until 4 July 2007) | Kadima |
| Ze'ev Boim (from 4 July 2007) | Kadima | |
| Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Ze'ev Boim (until 4 July 2007) | Kadima |
| Ya'akov Edri (4 July 2007 - 14 July 2008) | Kadima | |
| Eli Aflalo (from 14 July 2008) | Kadima | |
| Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour | Eli Yishai | Shas |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Roni Bar-On (until 4 July 2007) | Kadima |
| Meir Sheetrit (from 4 July 2007) | Kadima | |
| Minister of Internal Security | Avi Dichter | Kadima |
| Minister of Justice | Haim Ramon (until 22 August 2006) | Kadima |
| Tzipi Livni (29 November 2006 - 7 February 2007) | Kadima | |
| Daniel Friedmann | Not an MK | |
| Minister of National Infrastructure | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Labor Party |
| Minister of Pensioner Affairs | Rafi Eitan | Gil |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Yitzhak Cohen (from 14 January 2008) | Shas |
| Minister of Science, Culture and Sport | Ophir Pines-Paz (until 1 November 2006)3 | Labor Party |
| Raleb Majadele (from 21 March 2007) | Labor Party | |
| Minister of Strategic Affairs | Avigdor Lieberman (30 October 2006 - 18 January 2008) | Yisrael Beiteinu |
| Minister of Tourism | Isaac Herzog (until 21 March 2007) | Labor Party |
| Yitzhak Aharonovich (21 March 2007 - 18 January 2008) | Yisrael Beiteinu | |
| Ruhama Avraham (from 14 July 2008) | Kadima | |
| Minister of Transportation and Road Safety | Shaul Mofaz | Kadima |
| Minister of Welfare and Social Services | Ehud Olmert (until 21 March 2007) | Kadima |
| Isaac Herzog (from 21 March 2007) | Labor Party | |
| Minister without Portfolio | Ruhama Avraham (4 July 2007 - 14 July 2008) | Kadima |
| Ami Ayalon (24 September 2007 - 16 December 2008) | Labor Party | |
| Eitan Cabel (until 4 May 2007) | Labor Party | |
| Yitzhak Cohen (until 14 January 2008) | Shas | |
| Ya'akov Edri (until 4 July 2007) | Kadima | |
| Raleb Majadele (29 January - 21 March 2007) | Labor Party | |
| Meshulam Nahari | Shas | |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | Efraim Sneh (30 October 2006 - 18 June 2007) | Labor Party |
| Matan Vilnai (from 2 July 2007) | Labor Party | |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Majalli Wahabi (from 29 October 2007) | Kadima |
1 Peres left office when elected President.
2 Barak replaced Peretz when he defeated him in the party leadership election.
3 Pines-Paz resigned from the government in protest at the inclusion of Yisrael Beiteinu.
References
- ↑ Factional and Government Make-Up of the Seventeenth Knesset Knesset website
- ↑ Lieberman blasts Arab MKs, pulls party out of government Haaretz, 16 January 2008
- ↑ First Arab joins Israeli cabinet BBC News, 28 January 2007
External links
- Seventeenth Knesset: Government 31 Knesset website
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