Thirteenth government of Israel

Third Eshkol Cabinet
13th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	12 January 1966 (1966-01-12)
Date dissolved	17 March 1969 (1969-03-17)
People and organisations
Head of state	Zalman Shazar
Head of government	Levi Eshkol (until 26 February 1969) Yigal Allon (until 17 March 1969)
Member parties	Alignment Labor Party Rafi (from 5 June 1967) National Religious Party Gahal (from 5 June 1967) Independent Liberals Poalei Agudat Yisrael Mapam Progress and Development Cooperation and Brotherhood
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition leader	Menachem Begin (until 1967) Yitzhak-Meir Levin (from 1967)
History
Election	1965 Israeli legislative election
Legislature term	6th Knesset
Predecessor	12th Cabinet of Israel
Successor	14th Cabinet of Israel

The thirteenth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 12 January 1966, ^[1] following the November 1965 elections. His coalition included the Alignment (an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda), the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood, and had eighteen ministers.

On 5 June 1967, the first day of the Six-Day War, Gahal and Rafi joined the government, with the number of ministers rising to 21. Eshkol died on 26 February 1969, and the government was temporarily led by Yigal Allon until Golda Meir formed the fourteenth government on 17 March 1969.

New posts in the government included the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and the Minister of Information.

Israeli government formation, 1966

← 1964 12 January 1966 March 1969 →

Nominee Levi Eshkol Menachem Begin Party Alignment Gahal Electoral vote 77 43 Percentage 64.2% 35.8%

Prime Minister before election Levi Eshkol Mapai Elected Prime Minister Levi Eshkol Alignment

Cabinet members

Thirteenth Government of Israel
Portfolio	Minister	Party
Prime Minister	Levi Eshkol (12 January 1966 – 26 February 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
	Yigal Allon (26 February – 17 March 1969) (interim)	Alignment
Deputy Prime Minister	Yigal Allon (1 July 1968 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Agriculture	Haim Gvati	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Defense	Levi Eshkol (12 January 1966 – 5 June 1967)	Alignment
	Moshe Dayan (5 June 1967 – 17 March 1969)	Rafi, Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Development	Moshe Kol	Not an MK 1
Minister of Education and Culture	Zalman Aran	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Finance	Pinchas Sapir (12 January 1966 – 5 August 1968)	Alignment, Labor Party
	Ze'ev Sherf (5 August 1968 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abba Eban	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Health	Yisrael Barzilai	Not an MK 2
Minister of Housing	Mordechai Bentov	Not an MK 2
Minister of Immigrant Absorption	Yigal Allon (1 July 1968 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Information	Yisrael Galili (24 October 1966 – 17 March 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Internal Affairs	Haim-Moshe Shapira	National Religious Party
Minister of Justice	Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira	Not an MK 3
Minister of Labour	Yigal Allon (12 January 1966 – 8 July 1968)	Alignment, Labor Party
	Yosef Almogi (8 July 1968 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (12 January 1966 – 2 January 1967)	Alignment
	Eliyahu Sasson (2 January 1967 – 17 March 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Postal Services	Eliyahu Sasson (12 January 1966 – 2 January 1967)	Alignment
	Yisrael Yeshayahu (2 January 1967 – 17 March 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig	National Religious Party
Minister of Tourism	Moshe Kol	Not an MK 1
Minister of Trade and Industry	Haim Yosef Zadok (12 January – 22 November 1966)	Alignment
	Ze'ev Sherf (22 November 1966 – 17 March 1969)	Alignment
Minister of Transportation	Moshe Carmel	Alignment, Labor Party
Minister of Welfare	Yosef Burg	National Religious Party
Minister without Portfolio	Yisrael Galili (12 January – 24 October 1966)	Alignment
	Menachem Begin (5 June 1967– 17 March 1969)	Gahal
	Yosef Sapir (5 June 1967– 17 March 1969)	Gahal
	Pinchas Sapir (5 August 1968 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Aharon Uzan (17 January 1966 – 17 March 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Defense	Zvi Dinstein (17 January 1966 – 5 June 1967)	Alignment
Deputy Minister of Development	Yehuda Sha'ari (17 January 1966 – 17 March 1969)	Independent Liberals
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Kalman Kahana (17 January 1966 – 17 March 1969)	Poalei Agudat Yisrael
	Aharon Yadlin (17 January 1966 – 17 March 1969)	Alignment, Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Finance	Zvi Dinstein (24 July 1967 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption	Aryeh Eliav (12 August 1968 – 17 March 1969)	Labor Party, Alignment
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs	Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (17 January 1966 – 17 March 1969)	National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of Religions	Binyamin Shahor (1 February 1966 – 17 March 1969)	National Religious Party
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry	Aryeh Eliav (17 October – 22 November 1966, 28 November 1966 – 26 June 1967)	Alignment

¹ Kol was elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberal list, but resigned his seat after being appointed to the cabinet.

² Although Barzilai or Bentov were not MKs at the time, both were members of Mapam.

³ Although Shapira was not an MK at the time, he had previously been an MK for Mapai, and w elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment.

References

1. 1966 Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel

External links

• Thirteenth Government of Israel Knesset website