The Fourth Government

22/12/1952

- 26/01/1954

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

Photo by GPO

Seated from right to left:
Dov Yosef – Minister of Development
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi – Second President
David Ben-Gurion – Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
Ben Zion Dinor – Minister of Education and Culture

Standing from right to left:
Peretz Bernstein – Minister of Trade and Industry
Israel Rokach – Minister of Interior
Moshe Sharett – Minister of Foreign Affairs
Pinhas Rosen – Minister of Justice
Golda Meir – Minister of Labor
Yosef Serlin – Minister of Transportation
Pinhas Lavon – Minister without Portfolio
Levi Eshkol – Minister of Finance
Peretz Naftali – Minister of Agriculture

Government Members:
David Ben-Gurion – Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
Levi Eshkol – Minister of Finance
Yosef Burg – Minister of Postal Services
Peretz Bernstein – Minister of Trade and Industry
Ben Zion Dinor – Minister of Education and Culture
Dov Yosef – Minister without Portfolio
Pinhas Lavon – Minister without Portfolio
Golda Meir – Minister of Labor
Peretz Naftali – Minister of Agriculture
Yosef Sapir – Minister of Health until 29.12.53, thereafter Minister of Transportation
Yosef Serlin – Minister of Transportation until 29.12.53, thereafter Minister of Health
Pinhas Rosen – Minister of Justice
Israel Rokach – Minister of Interior
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit – Minister of Police
Haim Moshe Shapira – Minister of Welfare and Religions
Moshe Sharett – Minister of Foreign Affairs

Comments:
1. On 15.6.52, Dov Yosef was appointed Minister of Development.
2. On 6.12.53, the Prime Minister resigned due to his desire to settle in Sde Boker. The Government served as a transitional Government for 50 days.

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