Twenty-fourth government of Israel

The twenty-fourth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 11 June 1990.Factional and Government Make-Up of the Twelfth Knesset Knesset website This followed the failure of Alignment leader Shimon Peres to form a government, after the Alignment had pulled out of the previous national unity coalition, in an incident which became known as the dirty trick.

Shamir's coalition included Likud, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael, Degel HaTorah, the New Liberal Party, Tehiya, Tzomet, Moledet, Unity for Peace and Immigration and Geulat Yisrael, and held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. Between the 1990s to the 2010s, some authors (including political scientist Clive A. Jones and historians Avi Shlaim and Benny Morris ) later asserted that the 24th government of Israel was the most right-wing government in the country's history, a record that was since surpassed by the 37th government in 2022. Tehiya, Tzomet and Moledet all left the coalition in late 1991 and early 1992 in protest at Shamir's participation in the Madrid Conference, but the government remained in office until Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government, following the Labor Party's victory in the 1992 elections.

Cabinet members PositionPersonPartyPrime MinisterYitzhak ShamirLikudDeputy Prime MinisterDavid LevyLikudMoshe NissimLikudMinister of AgricultureRafael Eitan (until 31 December 1991)TzometMinister of CommunicationsRafael PinhasiShasMinister of DefenseMoshe ArensLikudMinister of Economics and PlanningDavid MagenLikudMinister of Education and CultureZevulun HammerNational Religious PartyMinister of Energy and InfrastructureYuval Ne'eman (until 21 January 1992)Not an MK 1Minister of the EnvironmentYitzhak ShamirLikudMinister of FinanceYitzhak Moda'iLikudMinister of Foreign AffairsDavid LevyLikudMinister of HealthEhud OlmertLikudMinister of Housing and ConstructionAriel SharonLikudMinister of Immigrant AbsorptionYitzhak PeretzShasMinister of Industry and TradeMoshe NissimLikudMinister of Internal AffairsAryeh DeriNot an MK 2Minister of Jerusalem AffairsYitzhak Shamir (from 27 November 1990)LikudMinister of JusticeDan MeridorLikudMinister of Labour and Social WelfareYitzhak ShamirLikudMinister of PoliceRoni MiloLikudMinister of Religious AffairsAvner ShakiNational Religious PartyMinister of Science and DevelopmentYuval Ne'eman (until 21 January 1990)Not an MK 1Minister of TourismGideon PattLikudMinister of TransportationMoshe KatsavLikudMinister without PortfolioMoledetYigal Bibi (2 August - 20 November 1990)National Religious PartyShmuel Halpert (19 November 1990 - 8 June 1991)Agudat YisraelBenjamin Netanyahu (from 11 November 1991)LikudDeputy Minister of CommunicationsEfraim Gur (2 July - 20 November 1990)Unity for Peace and ImmigrationDeputy Minister of DefenseOvadia EliLikudDeputy Minister of Education and CulturePinchas Goldstein (from 20 November 1990)New Liberal PartyDeputy Minister of the EnvironmentYigal Bibi (from 20 November 1990)National Religious PartyDeputy Minister of FinanceYosef Azran (from 2 July 1990)AlignmentDeputy Minister of Foreign AffairsBenjamin Netanyahu (until 11 November 1991)LikudDeputy Minister of HealthEliezer MizrahiAgudat Yisrael, Geulat YisraelDeputy Minister of Housing and ConstructionAvraham RavitzAgudat YisraelDeputy Minister of Jerusalem AffairsAvraham Verdiger (from 27 November 1990)Agudat YisraelDeputy Minister of Labour and Social WelfareMenachem Porush (from 19 November 1990)Agudat YisraelShmuel Halpert (from 8 June 1991)Agudat YisraelDeputy Minister of Religious AffairsMoshe Gafni (from 23 July 1990)Degel HaTorahDeputy Minister of Science and TechnologyGeula Cohen (until 31 October 1991)TehiyaDeputy Minister of TransportationPinchas Goldstein (2 July - 20 November 1990)New Liberal Party

1 Although Ne'eman was not a Knesset member at the time, he was a member of Tehiya.

2 Although Deri was not a Knesset member at the time, he was a member of Shas.

References

External links Tenth Knesset: Government 24 Knesset website