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Make-up of the 23rd Knesset
Ministers in Israel’s 35th government sworn in on 17th, May 2020.
A record number of Cabinet Ministers were sworn in on May 17th, 2020 to serve in Israel’s unity government. Together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (in the first rotation) and Benny Gantz (Prime Minister in the second rotation), 35 ministers make up the unity government. In total, 120 Knesset Members (MK’s) are elected for a 4 year term.
120 Knesset Members (MK’s) are elected for a 4 year term – Image Credit: Unsplash
These are the ministers:
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David Amsalem Minister for Cyber and National Digital Matters
Gavriel Ashkenazi Minister of Foreign Affairs
Yaakov Avitan Minister of Religious Affairs
Michael Biton Minister in the Ministry of Defense
Eli Cohen Minister of Intelligence
Meirav Cohen Minister of Social Equality and Minority Affairs
Aryeh Machluf Deri Minister of the Interior
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Minister of Health
Zeev Elkin Minister of Higher and Secondary Education and Water Resources
Gilad Erdan Minister of Regional Cooperation
Orit Farkash-Hacohen Minister of Strategic Affairs
Yoav Gallant Minister of Education
Gila Gamliel Minister of Environmental Protection
Benjamin Gantz Minister of Defense
Tzachi Hanegbi Minister Without Portfolio
Yoaz Hendel Minister of Communications
Tzipi Hotovely Minister of Settlement Affairs
Israel Katz Minister of Finance
Orly Levi-Abekasis Minister for Community Strengthening and Advancement
Yakov Litzman Minister of Construction and Housing
Avi Nissenkorn Minister of Justice
Amir Ohana Minister of Public Security
Amir Peretz Minister of the Economy
Rafael Peretz Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage
Miri Regev Minister of Transportation
Alon Schuster Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Izhar Shay Minister of Science and Technology
Itzik Shmuli Minister of Labor and Social Welfare
Yuval Steinitz Minister of Energy
Penina Tamanu Minister of Immigration and Absorption
Yehiel Tropper Minister of Culture and Sport
Omer Yankelevitch Minister of Diaspora Affairs
Asaf Zamir Minister of Tourism
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Make-up of the 23rd Knesset
| Parliamentary Group | Number of Seats |
| Likud | 36 |
| Blue and White | 15 |
| Joint List, Hadash, Ra’am, Ta’al, Balad | 15 |
| Shas | 9 |
| United Torah Judaism | 7 |
| Labor-Gesher-Meretz | 0 |
| Yisrael Beitenu | 7 |
| Yemina | 6 |
| Labor-Meretz | 0 |
| Gesher | 1 |
| Yesh Atid – Telem | 16 |
| Derech Eretz | 2 |
| Israeli Labor Party | 3 |
| Meretz | 3 |
Information source: www.knesset.gov.il
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