The 120 members of the first Knesset were elected on 25 January 1949. The breakdown by party was as follows: Mapai: 46 Mapam: 19 (gained one member during the Knesset term) United Religious Front: 16 Herut: 14 (lost two members during the Knesset term) General Zionists: 7 Progressive Party: 5 Sephardim and Oriental Communities: 4 Maki: 4 (lost one member during the Knesset term) Democratic List of Nazareth: 2 Fighters' List: 1 WIZO: 1 Yemenite Association: 1
Members of the Knesset Party Name Note Mapai (46) Meir Argov Ami Assaf Zalman Aran Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Aryeh Bahir David Bar-Rav-Hai Yosef Beretz Haim Ben-Asher David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Shmuel Dayan Ben-Zion Dinor Hasya Drori Yehiel Duvdevani Yosef Efrati Heshel Frumkin Replaced by Jenia Tversky on 5/2/1951 Shraga Goren Akiva Govrin Yisrael Guri Eliyahu Hacarmeli David Hacohen Neta Harpaz Avraham Herzfeld Abba Hushi Replaced by Baruch Osnia on 12/2/1951 Beba Idelson Eliezer Kaplan Minister of Finance, Minister of Trade and Industry Yona Kesse Yosef-Michael Lamm Replaced by Rafael Bash on 21/5/1951 Shlomo Lavi Pinhas Lavon Minister of Agriculture (second government) Eliezer Livna Ada Maimon Golda MeirMinister of Labour and Social Security Peretz Naftali Dvora Netzer David Remez Minister of Transportation (first government), Minister of Education and Culture (second government), replaced by Menachem Cohen on 19/5/1951 Moshe Sharett Minister of Foreign Affairs Zalman Shazar Minister of Education and Culture (first government) Aryeh Sheftel Replaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu on 12/2/1951 Reuven Shari Deputy Minister of Transportation (second government) Yosef Sprinzak Yizhar Smilansky Yehudit Simhonit Replaced by Herzl Berger on 5/2/1951 Efraim Taburi Avraham Taviv Replaced by Yitzhak Kanav on 20/4/1950 Zvi Yehuda Dov Yosef Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Rationing and Supply (first government), Minister of Transportation (second government) Mapam (19) Moshe Aram Menachem Bader Dov Bar-Nir Replaced by Menachem Ratzon on 10/4/1951 Yisrael Bar-Yehuda Yitzhak Ben-Aharon Mordechai Bentov Yaakov Hazan Yisrael Galili Fayge Ilanit Hannah Lamdan Nahum Nir Eliezer Peri Berl Repetur Ya'akov Riftin Hanan Rubin Moshe Sneh Yitzhak Tabenkin Replaced by David Livschitz on 12/4/1951 Meir Yaari Aharon Zisling United Religious Front (16) Yosef Burg Moshe Kelmer Replaced by Eliyahu Mazur on 11/3/1949 Avraham-Yehuda Goldrat Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg Kalman Kahana Meir-David Levenstein Yitzhak-Meir Levin Minister of Welfare Yehuda Leib Maimon Minister of Religions and War Victims Benjamin Mintz Mordechai Nurock David-Zvi Pinkas Avraham-Haim Shag Haim-Moshe Shapira Minister of Health, Minister of Immigration, Minister of Internal Affairs Moshe Unna Zerach Warhaftig Herut (14) Menachem Begin Yohanan Bader Aryeh Ben-Eliezer Haim Cohen-Meguri Uri-Zvi Greenberg Ari Jabotinsky Left the party to sit as an independent Shmuel Katz Hillel Kook Left the party to sit as an independent Haim Landau Eliyahu Lankin Yaakov Meridor Shmuel Merlin Avraham Rakanti Esther Raziel-Naor General Zionists (7) Peretz Bernstein Ya'akov Gil Ya'akov Klivnov Shoshana Parsitz Israel Rokach Yosef Sapir Yosef Serlin Progressive Party (5) Idov Cohen Yeshayahu Forder Avraham Granot Yizhar Harari Pinchas Rosen Minister of Justice Maki (4) Shmuel Mikunis Eliezer Preminger Left to form the Hebrew Communists before joining Mapam Tawfik Toubi Meir Vilner Sephardim & Oriental Communities (4) Moshe Ben-Ami Eliyahu Eliashar Avraham Elmalih Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Minister of Police Democratic List of Nazareth (2) Seif-El-Din El-Zubi Amin-Salim Jarjora Fighters' List (1) Nathan Yellin-Mor Yemenite Association (1) Zecharia Glosca WIZO (1) Rachel Cohen-Kagan
Replacements MKReplacedPartyDateEliyahu MazurMoshe KelmerUnited Religious Front11 March 1949Yitzhak KanavAvraham TavivMapai20 April 1950Herzl BergerYehudit SimhonitMapai5 February 1951Jenia TverskyHeshel FrumkinMapai5 February 1951Yisrael YeshayahuAryeh SheftelMapai12 February 1951Baruch OsniaAbba HushiMapai12 February 1951Menachem RatzonDov Bar-NirMapam10 April 1951David LivschitzYitzhak TabenkinMapam12 April 1951Menachem CohenDavid RemezMapai19 May 1951Rafael BashYosef-Michael LammMapai21 May 1951
See also Knesset List of Knesset speakers List of political parties in Israel List of Israelis List of Likud Knesset Members Prime Minister of Israel President of Israel Politics of Israel
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