On December 21st, 2022, Israeli Prime Minister-designate announced he had secured a coalition to form a new government. Since then a flurry of appointments have been made from his own Likud Party, but also Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, Shas, United Torah Judaism and Noam. The following is a list of the appointed ministers since the announcement of and the swearing in yesterday:
Prime Minister | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Justice |
Yariv Levin | Likud |
Minister of Health Minister of the Interior and Periphery |
Aryeh Deri | Shas |
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Avi Dichter | Likud |
Minister of Aliyah and Integration | Ofir Sofer | Religious Zionist |
Minister of Communications | Shlomo Karhi | Likud |
Minister of Housing and Construction Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office |
Yitzhak Goldknopf | United Torah Judaism |
Minister of Culture and Sport | Miki Zohar | Likud |
Minister of Defense | Yoav Galant | Likud |
Minister for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee and National Resilience | Yitzhak Wasserlauf | Otzma Yehudit |
Minister of Diaspora Affairs Minister for Social Equality |
Amichai Chikli | Likud |
Minister of the Economy | Nir Barkat (proposed) | Likud |
Minister of Education Minister of Regional Cooperation |
Yoav Kisch | Likud |
Minister in the Education Ministry | Haim Biton | Shas |
Minister of Environmental Protection | Idit Silman | Likud |
Minister of Finance Minister in the Defense Ministry |
Bezalel Smotrich | Religious Zionist |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Eli Cohen | Likud |
Minister of Heritage | Amihai Eliyahu | Otzma Yehudit |
Minister of Intelligence | Gila Gamliel | Likud |
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition | Meir Porush | United Torah Judaism |
Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Social Services | Ya’akov Margi | Shas |
Minister in the Labor, Social Affairs, and Social Services Ministry | Yoav Ben-Tzur | Shas |
Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy, and Water | Israel Katz | Likud |
Minister of National Missions | Orit Strook | Religious Zionist |
Minister of National Security | Itamar Ben-Gvir | Otzma Yehudit |
Minister of Religious Affairs | Michael Malchieli | Shas |
Minister of Science and Technology | Ofir Akunis | Likud |
Minister of Strategic Affairs | Ron Dermer | Likud |
Minister of Tourism | Haim Katz | Likud |
Minister of Transportation | Miri Regev | Likud |
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office | Galit Distel-Atbaryan | Likud |
Netanyahu’s coalition holds 64 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, with the opposition being led by the Yesh Atid and National Unit parties along with the Arab parties. The Knesset has de jure parliamentary supremacy, and can pass any law by a simple majority, even one that might arguably conflict with the Basic Laws of Israel, unless the basic law includes specific conditions for its modification; in accordance with a plan adopted in 1950, the Basic Laws can be adopted and amended by the Knesset, acting in its capacity as a Constituent Assembly. The Knesset itself is regulated by a Basic Law called “Basic Law: the Knesset”. No single party has ever achieved simple majority, with the closes being the Alignment in the 1969 elections with 56 seats.