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sharonbn
02-27-2003, 04:04 AM
After turbulent Coalition negotiations and even more turmoil in the assignment of Likud ministers, it seems the 30th Israeli government is taking shape. The Coalition members include Likud, Shinui, Mafdal and the National Union party.
The coalition includes 68 Knesset members.

Government offices:
From Likud
Prime Minister: Ariel Sharon
Defense minister: Shaul Mofaz (remains in office, is not a Knesset member)
Minister of Foreign affairs: Silvan Shalom (former minister of treasury)
Minister of the Treasury: Bibi Netanyahu (former minister of foreign affairs)
Minister of Education: Limor Livnat (remains in office)
Minister of Industry and Commerce: Ehud Allmert (former mayor of Jerusalem)
Minister of internal security: Tzachi Hanrgbi (former minister of environment preservation)
Minister of Immigration: Tzipi Livni (former minister of Regional Cooperation)
Minister of Health: Danny Nave (former minister without an office)
Minister of agriculture: Yisrael Katz
Minister without on office: Gideon Ezra, who will be the government’s liaison with the Knesset. (former deputy minister of defense)
Minister without on office: Uzzi Landau (former minister of internal security)
Minister without on office: Meir rit
Knesset chairman: Rubi Rivlin (former minister of Communications)

From Shinui
Minister of Justice: Tommy Lapid
Minister of internal affairs: Avraham Poraz. Poraz will also head the ministry of communication and will be responsible for the closure of the office and the dispersion of its functions to other offices – as part of a government efficiency plan to reduce number of offices.
Minister of infrastructure: Yosef Paritzky
Minister of environment preservation: Yehudit Naot
Minister of Science and technology: Modi Zandberg
Deputy minister in internal affairs office: Victor Breilovsky
in addition, the party will head two Knesset comities: the education comity and in rotation: the immigration comity and internal affairs comity.
Knesset comities are authorized to review certain government decisions and actions and also prepare and review law proposals.
Lapid will be a member of the closed Cabinet (which has extended authorization to take immediate steps in emergency situations, such as retaliation of terror attacks, war, economy crisis, etc.)
Poraz will be a member in the expanded Cabinet (which is authorized to take certain steps decisions in urgent non-critical situations)

From Mafdal
Minister of Housing: Effi Eitam (former minister of Infrastructure)
Minister of Labor: Zvulun Orlev
Deputy minister in the PM office: Yitzhak Levi
Head of Knesset labor comity: Shaul Yahalom

From the National union:
Minister of transportation: Avigdor Lieberman (former minister of Infrastructure) Alon was minister of Infrastructure until March 14th, when his party left the government.
Minister of Tourism: Benny Alon (former minister of tourism) Alon was minister of tourism until March 14th, when his party left the government.
in addition, the party will have a deputy minister, head of one Knesset comity and a representative in the Judge appointing comity.

Miriam
02-27-2003, 05:05 AM
Thanks for the list, Sharon. Am I wrong in my impression that the number of ministerial posts grows with each legislative period?

sharonbn
02-27-2003, 06:13 AM
last government had 30 ministers (a record high)
This government has 23 ones.