List of members of the first Knesset

The 120 members of the first Knesset were elected on 25 January 1949. The breakdown by party was as follows:

List of members

Party Member Notes
MapaiMeir Argov
MapaiAmi Assaf
MapaiZalman Aran
MapaiYitzhak Ben-Zvi
MapaiAryeh Bahir
MapaiDavid Bar-Rav-Hai
MapaiYosef Beretz
MapaiHaim Ben-Asher
MapaiDavid Ben-GurionPrime Minister, Minister of Defense
MapaiShmuel Dayan
MapaiBen-Zion Dinor
MapaiHasya Drori
MapaiYehiel Duvdevani
MapaiYosef Efrati
MapaiHeshel FrumkinReplaced by Jenia Tversky on 5/2/1951
MapaiShraga Goren
MapaiAkiva Govrin
MapaiYisrael Guri
MapaiEliyahu Hacarmeli
MapaiDavid Hacohen
MapaiNeta Harpaz
MapaiAvraham Herzfeld
MapaiAbba HushiReplaced by Baruch Osnia on 12/2/1951
MapaiBeba Idelson
MapaiEliezer KaplanMinister of Finance, Minister of Trade and Industry
MapaiYona Kesse
MapaiYosef-Michael LammReplaced by Rafael Bash on 21/5/1951
MapaiShlomo Lavi
MapaiPinhas LavonMinister of Agriculture (second government)
MapaiEliezer Livna
MapaiAda Maimon
MapaiGolda MeirMinister of Labour and Social Security
MapaiPeretz Naftali
MapaiDvora Netzer
MapaiDavid RemezMinister of Transportation (first government), Minister of Education and Culture (second government), replaced by Menachem Cohen on 19/5/1951
MapaiMoshe SharettMinister of Foreign Affairs
MapaiZalman ShazarMinister of Education and Culture (first government)
MapaiAryeh SheftelReplaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu on 12/2/1951
MapaiReuven SheriDeputy Minister of Transportation (second government)
MapaiYosef Sprinzak
MapaiYizhar Smilansky
MapaiYehudit SimhonitReplaced by Herzl Berger on 5/2/1951
MapaiEfraim Taburi
MapaiAvraham TavivReplaced by Yitzhak Kanav on 20/4/1950
MapaiZvi Yehuda
MapaiDov YosefMinister of Agriculture, Minister of Rationing and Supply (first government), Minister of Transportation (second government)
MapamMoshe Aram
MapamMenachem Bader
MapamDov Bar-NirReplaced by Menachem Ratzon on 10/4/1951
MapamYisrael Bar-Yehuda
MapamYitzhak Ben-Aharon
MapamMordechai Bentov
MapamYaakov Hazan
MapamYisrael Galili
MapamFayge Ilanit
MapamHannah Lamdan
MapamNahum Nir
MapamEliezer Peri
MapamBerl Repetur
MapamYa'akov Riftin
MapamHanan Rubin
MapamMoshe Sneh
MapamYitzhak TabenkinReplaced by David Livschitz on 12/4/1951
MapamMeir Yaari
MapamAharon Zisling
United Religious FrontYosef Burg
United Religious FrontMoshe KelmerReplaced by Eliyahu Mazur on 11/3/1949
United Religious FrontEliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky
United Religious FrontAvraham-Yehuda Goldrat
United Religious FrontAharon-Ya'akov Greenberg
United Religious FrontKalman Kahana
United Religious FrontMeir-David Levenstein
United Religious FrontYitzhak-Meir LevinMinister of Welfare
United Religious FrontYehuda Leib MaimonMinister of Religions and War Victims
United Religious FrontBenjamin Mintz
United Religious FrontMordechai Nurock
United Religious FrontDavid-Zvi Pinkas
United Religious FrontAvraham-Haim Shag
United Religious FrontHaim-Moshe ShapiraMinister of Health, Minister of Immigration, Minister of Internal Affairs
United Religious FrontMoshe Unna
United Religious FrontZerach Warhaftig
HerutMenachem Begin
HerutYohanan Bader
HerutAryeh Ben-Eliezer
HerutHaim Cohen-Meguri
HerutUri-Zvi Greenberg
HerutAri JabotinskyLeft the party to sit as an independent
HerutShmuel Katz
HerutHillel KookLeft the party to sit as an independent
HerutHaim Landau
HerutEliyahu Lankin
HerutYaakov Meridor
HerutShmuel Merlin
HerutAvraham Rakanti
HerutEsther Raziel-Naor
General ZionistsPeretz Bernstein
General ZionistsYa'akov Gil
General ZionistsYa'akov Klivnov
General ZionistsShoshana Parsitz
General ZionistsIsrael Rokach
General ZionistsYosef Sapir
General ZionistsYosef Serlin
Progressive PartyIdov Cohen
Progressive PartyYeshayahu Forder
Progressive PartyAvraham Granot
Progressive PartyYizhar Harari
Progressive PartyPinchas RosenMinister of Justice
MakiShmuel Mikunis
MakiEliezer PremingerLeft to form the Hebrew Communists before joining Mapam
MakiTawfik Toubi
MakiMeir Vilner
Sephardim & Oriental CommunitiesMoshe Ben-Ami
Sephardim & Oriental CommunitiesEliyahu Eliashar
Sephardim & Oriental CommunitiesAvraham Elmalih
Sephardim & Oriental CommunitiesBechor-Shalom SheetritMinister of Police
Democratic List of NazarethSeif-El-Din El-Zubi
Democratic List of NazarethAmin-Salim Jarjora
Fighters' ListNathan Yellin-Mor
Yemenite AssociationZecharia Glosca
WIZORachel Cohen-Kagan

Replacements

MK Replaced Party Date Notes
Eliyahu MazurMoshe KelmerUnited Religious Front11 March 1949
Yitzhak KanavAvraham TavivMapai20 April 1950
Herzl BergerYehudit SimhonitMapai5 February 1951
Jenia TverskyHeshel FrumkinMapai5 February 1951
Yisrael YeshayahuAryeh SheftelMapai12 February 1951
Baruch OsniaAbba HushiMapai12 February 1951
Menachem RatzonDov Bar-NirMapam10 April 1951
David LivschitzYitzhak TabenkinMapam12 April 1951
Menachem CohenDavid RemezMapai19 May 1951
Rafael BashYosef-Michael LammMapai21 May 1951

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