Twenty-fifth government of Israel

Second Rabin Cabinet
25th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	13 July 1992 (1992-07-13)
Date dissolved	22 November 1995 (1995-11-22)
People and organisations
Head of state	Chaim Herzog (until 13 May 1993) Ezer Weizman (after 13 May 1993)
Head of government	Yitzhak Rabin (until 4 November 1995) Shimon Peres (interim after 4 November 1995)
Member parties	Labor Meretz Yiud (Since 1995) Shas (Until 1993)
Status in legislature	Centre-left coalition
Opposition party	Likud
Opposition leader	Yitzhak Shamir (until 1993) Benjamin Netanyahu (since 1993)
History
Election	1992 Israeli legislative election
Legislature term	13th Knesset
Predecessor	24th cabinet of Israel
Successor	26th cabinet of Israel

The twenty-fifth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor Party on 13 July 1992, ^[1] after the party's victory in the June elections. The coalition also contained the new Meretz party (an alliance of Ratz, Mapam, and Shinui) and Shas, and held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The government was also supported, but not joined, by Hadash and the Arab Democratic Party, which held an additional five seats between them.

Shas left the government on 14 September 1993, ^[2] but the coalition was joined by the new Yiud faction (a three-member breakaway from Tzomet) on 9 January 1995.

Rabin was assassinated on 4 November 1995, with Shimon Peres taking over as Interim Prime Minister until forming the twenty-sixth government on 22 November.

Cabinet members

Position	Person	Faction in Knesset (Party)
Prime Minister	Yitzhak Rabin (until 4 November 1995)		Labor Party
	Shimon Peres (interim from 5 November)		Labor Party
Minister of Agriculture	Ya'akov Tzur		Not an MK (Labor Party)
Minister of Communications	Moshe Shahal (until 7 June 1993)		Labor Party
	Shulamit Aloni		Meretz (Ratz)
Minister of Defense	Yitzhak Rabin (until 4 November 1995)		Labor Party
	Shimon Peres (from 5 November)		Labor Party
Minister of Economics and Planning	Shimon Shetreet (until 18 July 1995)		Labor Party
	Yossi Beilin (from 18 July 1995)		Labor Party
Minister of Education and Culture 1	Shulamit Aloni (until 11 May 1993)		Meretz (Ratz)
	Yitzhak Rabin (11 May 1993 - 7 June 1993)		Labor Party
	Amnon Rubinstein (from 30 May 1994)		Meretz (Shinui)
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure	Amnon Rubinstein (until 7 June 1993)		Meretz (Shinui)
	Moshe Shahal (7 June 1993 - 9 January 1995)		Labor Party
	Gonen Segev (from 9 January 1995)		Yiud
Minister of the Environment	Ora Namir (until 31 December 1992)		Labor Party
	Yossi Sarid (from 31 December 1992)		Meretz (Ratz)
Minister of Finance	Avraham Shochat		Labor Party
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Shimon Peres		Labor Party
Minister of Health	Haim Ramon (until 8 February 1994)		Labor Party
	Yitzhak Rabin (8 February - 1 June 1994)		Labor Party
	Efraim Sneh (from 1 June 1994)		Labor Party
Minister of Housing and Construction	Binyamin Ben-Eliezer		Labor Party
Minister of Immigrant Absorption	Yair Tzaban		Meretz (Mapam)
Minister of Industry and Trade	Michael Harish		Labor Party
Minister of Internal Affairs	Aryeh Deri (until 11 May 1993)		Shas
	Aryeh Deri (7 June - 14 September 1993)		Shas
	Yitzhak Rabin (14 September 1993 - 27 February 1995)		Labor Party
	Uzi Baram (27 February - 7 June 1995)		Labor Party
	David Libai (19 June - 18 July 1995)		Labor Party
	Ehud Barak (from 18 July 1995)		Not an MK (Labor Party)
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs	Yitzhak Rabin (until 31 December 1992)		Labor Party
Minister of Justice	David Libai		Labor Party
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare	Yitzhak Rabin (until 31 December 1992)		Labor Party
	Ora Namir (from 31 December 1992)		Labor Party
Minister of Police	Moshe Shahal		Labor Party
Minister of Religious Affairs	Yitzhak Rabin (until 27 January 1995)		Labor Party
	Shimon Shetreet (from 27 January 1995)		Labor Party
Minister of Science and Technology	Amnon Rubinstein (until 31 December 1992)		Meretz (Shinui)
	Shimon Shetreet (31 December 1992 - 7 June 1993)		Labor Party
	Shulamit Aloni (from 7 June 1993)		Meretz (Ratz)
Minister of Tourism	Uzi Baram		Labor Party
Minister of Transportation	Yisrael Kessar		Labor Party
Minister without Portfolio	Shulamit Aloni (11 May - 7 June 1993)		Meretz (Ratz)
	Aryeh Deri (11 May - 7 June 1993)		Shas
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office	Eli Ben-Menachem (until 8 April 1993)		Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Walid Haj Yahia		Meretz (Mapam)
Deputy Minister of Defense	Mordechai Gur (until 16 July 1995)2		Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Moshe Maya (until 12 September 1993)		Shas
	Micha Goldman		Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Finance	Rafael Pinhasi (until 31 December 1992)		Shas
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Yossi Beilin (until 17 July 1995)		Labor Party
	Eli Dayan (from 24 July 1995)		Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Health	Nawaf Massalha		Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction	Aryeh Gamliel (until 9 September 1993)		Shas
	Ran Cohen (until 31 December 1992)		Meretz (Ratz)
	Eli Ben-Menachem (from 8 April 1993)		Labor Party
	Alex Goldfarb (from 2 January 1995)		Yiud
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade	Masha Lubelsky		Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs	Rafael Pinhasi (31 December 1992 - 14 September 1993)		Shas

¹ When Rubinstein was appointed to the post in 1994, it was renamed the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport.

² Died in office.

References

1. Benjamin Frankel (1996). A Restless Mind: Essays in Honor of Amos Perlmutter. Psychology Press. p. 101. ISBN   978-0-7146-4607-7.
2. Factional and Government Make-Up of the Thirteenth Knesset Knesset website

External links

• Eleventh Knesset: Government 25 Knesset website