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Standing right to left: Haim Zadok – Minister of Trade and Industry Israel Galili – Minister without Portfolio Mordechai Bentov – Minister of Housing Yaakov Shimshon Shapira – Minister of Justice Haim Gvati – Minister of Agriculture Israel Barzilai – Minister of Health Yosef Burg – Minister of Welfare Yigal Allon – Minister of Labor Eliyahu Sasson – Minister of Postal Services Moshe Carmel – Minister of Transportation Zerach Warhaftig – Minister of Religions Moshe Kol – Minister of Tourism and Minister of Development
Seated right to left: Abba Eban – Minister of Foreign Affairs Zalman Aran – Minister of Education and Culture Haim Moshe Shapira – Minister of Interior Zalman Shazar – Third President Levi Eshkol – Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit – Minister of Police Pinhas Sapir – Minister of Finance
Government Members: Levi Eshkol – Prime Minister and Minister of Defense until 5.6.67 (died on 26.2.69) Abba Eban – Minister of Foreign Affairs Yigal Allon – Appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Immigrant Absorption on 1.7.68, and Acting Prime Minister on 26.2.69 Zalman Aran – Minister of Education and Culture Yosef Burg – Minister of Welfare Mordechai Bentov – Minister of Housing Israel Barzilai – Minister of Health Haim Gvati – Minister of Agriculture Israel Galili – Minister without Portfolio until 5.6.67, thereafter Minister of Information Zerach Warhaftig – Minister of Religions Moshe Carmel – Minister of Transportation Pinhas Sapir – Minister of Finance until 5.8.68, thereafter Minister without Portfolio Haim Zadok – Minister of Trade and Industry until his resignation on 22.11.66 Moshe Kol – Minister of Tourism and Minister of Development Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit – Minister of Police until his resignation on 2.1.67 Haim Moshe Shapira – Minister of Interior Yaakov Shimshon Shapira – Minister of Justice Eliyahu Sasson – Minister of Postal Services until 2.1.67, thereafter Minister of Police Zeev Sherf – joined the Government as Minister of Trade and Industry on 22.11.66, also Minister of Finance from 5.8.68 Yisrael Yeshayahu – Minister of Postal Services from 2.1.67 Moshe Dayan – Minister of Defense from 5.6.67 Menachem Begin – Minister without Portfolio from 5.6.67 Yosef Sapir – Minister without portfolio from 5.6.67 Joseph Almogi – Minister of Labor from 8.7.68
Comments: 1. On 5.6.67, with the outbreak of the 6-Day War, ministers from the Gahal and Rafi parties joined the Government (Dayan, Begin and Sapir). 2. On 26.2.69, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol passed away, and the Government ended its tenure. It served as a transitional Government for 41 days.
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