Fourth government of Israel

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Ministers of the Fourth Government with the President on 24 December 1952. Sitting from left to right: Ben-Zion Dinor, David Ben-Gurion, President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Dov Yosef. Standing from left to right: Peretz Naftali, Levi Eshkol, Pinchas Lavon, Yosef Serlin, Golda Meir, Pinhas Rosen, Moshe Sharett, Israel Rokach and Peretz Bernstein.

The fourth government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion during the second Knesset on 24 December 1952.

History

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 and moved to the Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker.

Fourth Government of Israel
Portfolio	Minister	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Defense	David Ben-Gurion	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Agriculture	Peretz Naftali	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Development	Dov Yosef (15 June 1953 – 24 January 1954)	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Education and Culture	Ben-Zion Dinor	style="background:Template:Party color|	Not an MK
Minister of Finance	Levi Eshkol	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Moshe Sharett	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Health	Yosef Sapir (24 December 1952 – 29 December 1953)	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color|	General Zionists
	Yosef Serlin (29 December 1953 – 26 January 1954)
Minister of Internal Affairs	Israel Rokah	style="background:Template:Party color|	General Zionists
Minister of Justice	Pinchas Rosen	style="background:Template:Party color|	Progressive Party
Minister of Labour	Golda Meir	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Minister of Postal Services	Yosef Burg	style="background:Template:Party color|	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Minister of Religions Minister of Welfare	Haim-Moshe Shapira	style="background:Template:Party color|	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Minister of Trade and Industry	Peretz Bernstein	style="background:Template:Party color|	General Zionists
Minister of Transportation	Yosef Serlin (24 December 1952 – 29 December 1953)	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color|	General Zionists
	Yosef Sapir (29 December 1953 – 26 January 1954)
Minister without Portfolio	Dov Yosef (24 December 1952 – 15 June 1953)	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
	Pinhas Lavon	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Yosef Efrati	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mapai
Deputy Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig (5 January 1953 – 24 January 1954)	style="background:Template:Party color|	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry	Zalman Suzayiv (15 June 1953 – 24 January 1954)	style="background:Template:Party color|	General Zionists
Deputy Minister of Welfare	Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (5 January 1953 – 24 January 1954)	style="background:Template:Party color|	Mizrachi

External links

• Fourth Government of Israel Knesset website