Fourth government of Israel

Fourth Ben-Gurion Cabinet
Fourth Ben-Gurion Cabinet
; 4th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	24 December 1952
Date dissolved	26 January 1954
People and organisations
Head of state	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Head of government	David Ben-Gurion
Member parties	Mapai; General Zionists; Progressive Party; Hapoel HaMizrachi; Poalei Agudat Yisrael; Mizrachi; Democratic List for Israeli Arabs; Progress and Work; Agriculture and Development
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition leader	Meir Ya'ari
History
Legislature term	2nd Knesset
Predecessor	3rd cabinet of Israel
Successor	5th cabinet of Israel

The fourth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion during the second Knesset on 24 December 1952. Ben-Gurion dropped the ultra-orthodox parties Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael from his coalition and replaced them with the General Zionists and the Progressive Party, who formed the government together with Mapai, Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development.

The government fell when Ben-Gurion resigned on 6 December 1953 as he wished to settle in the Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker.

The Cabinet
Position	Person	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Defense	David Ben-Gurion	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Agriculture	Peretz Naftali	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Development	Dov Yosef (from 15 June 1953)	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Education and Culture	Ben-Zion Dinor	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Not an MK
Minister of Finance	Levi Eshkol	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Moshe Sharett	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Health	Yosef Sapir (until 29 December 1953) Yosef Serlin (after 29 December 1953)	style="background:Template:General Zionists/meta/color\|	General Zionists General Zionists
Minister of Internal Affairs	Israel Rokah	style="background:Template:General Zionists/meta/color\|	General Zionists
Minister of Justice	Pinchas Rosen	style="background:Template:Progressive Party (Israel)/meta/color\|	Progressive Party
Minister of Labour	Golda Meir	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister of Postal Services	Yosef Burg	style="background:Template:Hapoel HaMizrachi/meta/color\|	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Minister of Religions Minister of Welfare	Haim-Moshe Shapira	style="background:Template:Hapoel HaMizrachi/meta/color\|	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Minister of Trade and Industry	Peretz Bernstein	style="background:Template:General Zionists/meta/color\|	General Zionists
Minister of Transportation	Yosef Serlin (until 29 December 1953) Yosef Sapir (after 29 December 1953)	style="background:Template:General Zionists/meta/color\|	General Zionists General Zionists
Minister without Portfolio	Dov Yosef (until 15 June 1953)	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Minister without Portfolio	Pinhas Lavon	style="background:Template:Mapai/meta/color\|	Mapai
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Kalman Kahana	style="background:Template:Poalei Agudat Yisrael/meta/color\|	Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Deputy Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig (from 5 January 1953)	style="background:Template:Hapoel HaMizrachi/meta/color\|	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry	Zalman Suzayiv (from 15 June 1953)	style="background:Template:General Zionists/meta/color\|	General Zionists
Deputy Minister of Welfare	Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (from 5 January 1953)	style="background:Template:Mizrachi (political party)/meta/color\|	Mizrachi

External links

Knesset 2: Government 4 Knesset website