The Ninth Government

17/12/1959

- 02/11/1961

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

Seated from left to right:
Golda Meir – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano – Minister of Religions
Yitzhak Ben-Tzvi – Second President
David Ben-Gurion – Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
Pinhas Rosen – Minister of Justice

Standing left to right:
Moshe Dayan – Minister of Agriculture
Giora Yoseftal – Minister of Labor
Zalman Aran – Minister of Education and Culture
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit – Minister of Police
Mordechai Bentov – Minister of Development
Pinhas Sapir – Minister of Trade and Industry
Haim Moshe Shapira – Minister of Interior
Israel Barzilai – Minister of Health
Abba Eban – Minister without Portfolio
Yosef Burg – Minister of Welfare
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon – Minister of Transportation
Catriel Katz – Government Secretary

Government Members:
David Ben-Gurion – Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Minister of Education and Culture between 10.5.60 and 3.8.60
Abba Eban – Minister without Portfolio until 3.8.60, thereafter Minister of
Education and Culture
Zalman Aran – Minister of Education and Culture until 10.5.60
Levi Eshkol – Minister of Finance
Yosef Burg – Minister of Welfare
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon – Minister of Transportation
Mordechai Bentov – Minister of Development
Israel Barzilai – Minister of Health
Moshe Dayan – Minister of Agriculture
Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Toledano – Minister of Religions until his death on 15.10.60
Giora Yoseftal – Minister of Labor
Golda Meir – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pinhas Sapir – Minister of Trade and Industry
Pinhas Rosen – Minister of Justice
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit – Minister of Police
Haim Moshe Shapira – Minister of Interior
Benjamin Mintz – joined the Government in accordance with a resolution dated 17.7.60 as Minister of Postal Services until his death on 30.5.61

Comment:
The Prime Minister tendered his resignation to the President on 31.1.61. The Government served as a transitional Government for approximately 10 months.

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