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Thirty-first government of Israel

The thirty-first government of Israel was formed by Ehud Olmert on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. His coalition initially included Labor, Shas and Gil,[1] and held 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The 11-seat Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition in November 2006, but left on 16 January 2008 in protest at peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority.[2] With the inclusion of the Labor Party's Raleb Majadele as a Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2007, it became the first Israeli cabinet to have a Muslim minister.[3] The makeup of the coalition resulted in a center-left government.[4][5]

The government held office until Benjamin Netanyahu formed the thirty-second government on 31 March 2009, following elections the month before.

Cabinet members

1 Peres left office when elected President.

2 Barak replaced Peretz when he defeated him in the party leadership election.

3 Pines-Paz resigned from the government in protest at the inclusion of Yisrael Beiteinu.

References

  1. ^ "Factional and Government Make-Up of the Seventeenth Knesset". www.knesset.gov.il. Knesset. March 28, 2006. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  2. ^ Lieberman blasts Arab MKs, pulls party out of government Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 16 January 2008
  3. ^ "First Arab joins Israeli cabinet". 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  4. ^ "Makovsky: Olmert Likely to Head New Israeli Government in Coalition with Labor". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2021-02-26.
  5. ^ Muller, Tom; Lansford, Tom (2012-04-02). Political Handbook of the World 2012. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-60871-995-2.

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