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The thirteenth government of Israel was formed by Levi Eshkol on 12 January 1966,[ 1] following the November 1965 elections . His coalition included the Alignment (an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda ), the National Religious Party , Mapam , the Independent Liberals , Poalei Agudat Yisrael , Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood , and had eighteen ministers.
On 5 June 1967, the first day of the Six-Day War , Gahal and Rafi joined the government, with the number of ministers rising to 21. Eshkol died on 26 February 1969, and the government was temporarily led by Yigal Allon until Golda Meir formed the fourteenth government on 17 March 1969.
New posts in the government included the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and the Minister of Information .
Israeli government formation, 1966
Cabinet members
Position
Person
Party
Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol (until 26 February 1969)
Alignment , Labor Party
Yigal Allon (interim after 26 February 1969)
Alignment
Deputy Prime Minister
Yigal Allon (after 1 July 1968)
Labor Party , Alignment
Minister of Agriculture
Haim Gvati
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Defense
Levi Eshkol (until 5 June 1967)
Alignment
Moshe Dayan (after 5 June 1967)
Rafi , Labor Party , Alignment
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Minister of Development
Moshe Kol
Not an MK 1
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Minister of Education and Culture
Zalman Aran
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Finance
Pinchas Sapir (until 5 August 1968)
Alignment , Labor Party
Ze'ev Sherf (from 5 August 1968)
Labor Party , Alignment
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Abba Eban
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Health
Yisrael Barzilai
Not an MK 2
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Minister of Housing
Mordechai Bentov
Not an MK 2
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Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Yigal Allon (from 1 July 1968)
Labor Party , Alignment
Minister of Information
Yisrael Galili (from 5 June 1967)
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Internal Affairs
Haim-Moshe Shapira
National Religious Party
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Minister of Justice
Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira
Not an MK 3
Minister of Labour
Yigal Allon (until 1 July 1968)
Alignment , Labor Party
Yosef Almogi (from 8 July 1968)
Labor Party , Alignment
Minister of Police
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit (until 2 January 1967)
Alignment
Eliyahu Sasson (from 2 January 1967)
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Postal Services
Eliyahu Sasson (until 2 January 1967)
Alignment
Yisrael Yeshayahu (from 2 January 1967)
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Religions
Zerach Warhaftig
National Religious Party
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Minister of Tourism
Moshe Kol
Not an MK 1
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Minister of Trade and Industry
Haim Yosef Zadok (until 22 November 1966)
Alignment
Ze'ev Sherf (from 22 November 1966)
Alignment
Minister of Transportation
Moshe Carmel
Alignment , Labor Party
Minister of Welfare
Yosef Burg
National Religious Party
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Minister without Portfolio
Yisrael Galili (until 5 June 1967)
Alignment
Menachem Begin (from 5 June 1967)
Gahal
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Yosef Sapir (from 5 June 1967)
Gahal
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Pinchas Sapir (from 5 August 1968)
Labor Party , Alignment
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
Aharon Uzan
Alignment , Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Defense
Zvi Dinstein (until 5 June 1967)
Alignment
Deputy Minister of Development
Yehuda Sha'ari
Independent Liberals
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Deputy Minister of Education and Culture
Kalman Kahana
Poalei Agudat Yisrael
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Aharon Yadlin
Alignment , Labor Party
Deputy Minister of Finance
Zvi Dinstein (from 24 July 1967)
Labor Party , Alignment
Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Aryeh Eliav (from 12 August 1968)
Labor Party , Alignment
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir
National Religious Party
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Deputy Minister of Religions
Binyamin Shahor
National Religious Party
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Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry
Aryeh Eliav (17 October 1966 - 22 November 1966)
Alignment
Aryeh Eliav (28 November 1966 - 26 June 1967)
Alignment
¹ Kol was elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberal list, but resigned his seat after being appointed to the cabinet.
2 Although Barzilai or Bentov were not MKs at the time, both were members of Mapam .
3 Although Shapira was not an MK at the time, he had previously been an MK for Mapai , and w elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment.
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