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First Ben-Gurion Cabinet | |
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![]() 1st cabinet of Israel | |
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Date formed | 10 March 1949 (1949-03-10) |
Date dissolved | 30 October 1950 (1950-10-30) |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Chaim Weizmann |
Head of government | David Ben-Gurion |
Member parties | Mapai United Religious Front Progressive Party Sephardim and Oriental Communities Democratic List of Nazareth |
Status in legislature | Coalition |
Opposition leader | Meir Ya'ari |
History | |
Election(s) | Israeli legislative election, 1949 |
Legislature term(s) | 1st Knesset |
Predecessor | Provisional cabinet of Israel |
Successor | 2nd cabinet of Israel |

First Government of Israel on 1 May 1949. Left-right: Golda Meir, Zalman Shazar, Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, Zvi Maimon (government stenographer), Dov Yosef, Eliezer Kaplan, Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Ze'ev Sherf (cabinet secretary), Pinchas Rosen, David Remez, Haim Moshe Shapira, Yitzhak Meir Levin, Yehuda Leib Maimon.
The first government of Israel formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 March 1949, a month and a half after the elections for the first Knesset. His Mapai party formed a coalition with the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth, and there were 12 ministers.
A notable piece of legislation enacted during the term of the first government was an educational law in 1949 which introduced compulsory schooling for all children between the ages of 5 to 14.[1]
Ben-Gurion resigned on 15 October 1950 after the United Religious Front objected to his demands that the Supply and Rationing Ministry be closed and a businessman appointed as Minister for Trade and Industry, as well as issues over education in the new immigrant camps.
The Cabinet | ||
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Position |
Person |
Party |
Prime Minister Minister of Defense |
David Ben-Gurion |
Mapai |
Minister of Agriculture Minister of Rationing and Supply |
Dov Yosef |
Mapai |
Minister of Education and Culture |
Zalman Shazar |
Mapai |
Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Moshe Sharett |
Mapai |
Minister of Finance Minister of Trade and Industry |
Eliezer Kaplan |
Mapai |
Minister of Health Minister of Immigration Minister of Internal Affairs |
Haim-Moshe Shapira |
United Religious Front |
Minister of Justice |
Pinchas Rosen |
Progressive Party |
Minister of Labour and Social Security |
Golda Meir |
Mapai |
Minister of Police |
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit |
Sephardim and Oriental Communities |
Minister of Religions and War Victims |
Yehuda Leib Maimon |
United Religious Front |
Minister of Transportation |
David Remez |
Mapai |
Minister of Welfare |
Yitzhak-Meir Levin |
United Religious Front |
References[edit]
^ The Challenge Of Israel by Misha Louvish. Publisher: Jerusalem Israel Univ Press; 1st Edition (1968)
ASIN: B000OKO5U2.
External links[edit]
Knesset 1: Government 1 Knesset website
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