List of members of the seventeenth Knesset

The following is a list of the members of the seventeenth Knesset, elected on 28 March 2006 and inaugurated 4 May 2006, and their replacements.

Knesset members

Name Party Position
Ehud Olmert Kadima Prime Minister
Tzipi Livni Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Meir Sheetrit Minister of the Interior
Avi Dichter Minister of Internal Security
Marina Solodkin
Haim Ramon Vice Prime Minister, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Shaul Mofaz Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transportation
Tzachi Hanegbi Chairman, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee
Avraham Hirschson
Gideon Ezra Minister of Environmental Affairs
Roni Bar-On Minister of Finance
Dalia Itzik Speaker of the Knesset
Ze'ev Boim Minister of Housing and Construction
Yaakov Edri Minister of Negev and Galilee Development
Ze'ev Elkin
Majalli Wahabi Deputy Speaker of the Kenesset
Ruhama Avraham Minister without Portfolio responsible for Knesset liaison, Minister of Tourism
Menachem Ben-Sasson Chairman, Committee on Law and Constitution
Eli Aflalo Minister of Immigrant Absorption
David Tal Chairman, House Committee
Ronit Tirosh
Otniel Schneller Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Michael Nudelman Chairman, Committee on Immigration, Absorption and the Diaspora
Amira Dotan
Yoel Hasson
Shai Hermesh
Isaac Ben-Israel
Yohanan Plesner
Shlomo Molla
Amir Peretz Labor-Meimad
Isaac Herzog Minister of Welfare
Ophir Pines-Paz Chairman, Committee on Interior Affairs and the Environment
Avishay Braverman Chairman, Finance Committee
Yuli Tamir Minister of Education
Ami Ayalon Minister without Portfolio
Eitan Cabel
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Minister of National Infrastructure
Shelly Yachimovich
Michael Melchior Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture and Sports
Matan Vilnai Deputy Minister of Defense
Colette Avital Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Nadia Hilou Chairwoman, Committee on the Rights of the Child
Shalom Simhon Minister of Agriculture
Orit Noked
Yoram Marciano
Raleb Majadele Minister of Science, Culture and Sports
Shakhiv Shana'an
Leon Litinetsky
Eli Yishai Shas Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment
Yitzhak Cohen Minister without Portfolio
Amnon Cohen Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Meshulam Nahari Minister without Portfolio
Ariel Atias Minister of Communications
David Azulai
Yitzhak Vaknin
Nissim Ze'ev
Ya'akov Margi
Emil Amsalem
Avraham Michaeli
Mazor Bahaina
Rafi Eitan Gil[a] Minister of Retiree Affairs
Yaakov Ben-Yezri Minister of Health
Yitzhak Galanti Chairman, Committee on Labor, Welfare and Health
Yitzhak Ziv Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Moshe Sharoni
Sara Marom
Elhanan Glazer Left party to establish The Right Way
Benjamin Netanyahu Likud Chairman of the Opposition
Silvan Shalom
Moshe Kahlon
Gilad Erdan
Gideon Sa'ar
Michael Eitan Chairman, State Control Committee
Reuven Rivlin
Yuval Steinitz
Limor Livnat
Yisrael Katz
Haim Katz
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Avigdor Liberman Yisrael Beiteinu
Israel Hasson Chairman, Economy Committee
Yosef Shagal
Esterina Tartman
Stas Misezhnikov
Sofa Landver Chairwoman, Public Petitions Committee
Yitzhak Aharonovich
Robert Ilatov
Alex Miller
Lia Shemtov Chairwoman, Committee on Advancing the Status of Women
David Rotem Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Binyamin Elon National Union-NRP
Zevulun Orlev Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology
Zvi Hendel
Effi Eitam
Nissan Slomiansky
Yitzhak Levi Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Eliyahu Gabai
Aryeh Eldad
Uri Ariel
Yaakov Litzman United Torah Judaism
Meir Porush
Moshe Gafni
Shmuel Halpert
Uri Maklev
Yehoshua Menachem Pollack
Haim Oron Meretz-Yachad Chairman, Ethics Committee
Ran Cohen
Zehava Gal-On
Avshalom Vilan
Tzvia Greenfield
Ibrahim Sarsur United Arab List
Ahmad Tibi
Taleb el-Sana
Abbas Zakour[b]
Mohammad Barakeh Hadash Deputy Speaker of Knesset
Hana Sweid
Dov Khenin
Jamal Zahalka Balad
Wasil Taha
Said Nafa

Replacements

Name Party Replaced by Remarks
Uriel Reichman Kadima Shai Hermesh Resigned on 20 April 2006 after the role of Minister of Education, promised to him by Ariel Sharon, was given to Labor.
Natan Sharansky Likud Haim Katz Sharansky retired from politics and left the Knesset on 20 November 2006.
Yuri Stern Yisrael Beiteinu David Rotem Stern died of cancer on 16 January 2007.
Dan Naveh Likud Yuli-Yoel Edelstein Naveh resigned to go into business on 27 February 2007.
Azmi Bishara Balad Said Nafa Bishara resigned from the Knesset on 22 April 2007 due to a police investigation into his activities during the 2006 Lebanon War.
Shimon Peres Kadima Isaac Ben-Israel Peres resigned from the Knesset following his election as president on 13 June 2007.
Shlomo Breznitz Yohanan Plesner Breznitz retired from politics and left the Knesset on 8 October 2007.
Avigdor Yitzhaki Shlomo Molla Yitzhaki resigned from the Knesset on 7 February 2008 due to "serious doubts over Ehud Olmert's ability to lead the government in the wake of the Winograd Report".[1]
Shlomo Benizri Shas Mazor Bahaina Benizri resigned from the Knesset on 27 April 2008 after being convicted of bribery.
Efraim Sneh Labor Shakhiv Shana'an Sneh resigned from the Knesset on 28 May 2008 as he left Labor to found his own party.
Danny Yatom Leon Litinetsky Yatom resigned from the Knesset on 30 June 2008 due to a lack of confidence in the government.
Ya'akov Cohen United Torah Judaism Uri Maklev Cohen resigned from the Knesset due to a rotation agreement.
Yossi Beilin Meretz-Yachad Tzvia Greenfield Beilin retired from politics and left the Knesset on 4 November 2008.
Avraham Ravitz United Torah Judaism Yehoshua Menachem Pollack Ravitz died on 26 January 2009.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Gil parliamentary group split in April 2008, with MKs Sharoni, Marom and Glazer forming the Justice for the Elderly faction. In October 2008, Sharoni and Marom reunited with Gil, leaving Glazer to form The Right Way parliamentary group.
  2. ^ Labor successfully filed a lawsuit, alleging electoral fraud in several Arab settlements and requesting an additional seat at the expense of the United Arab List. Zakour was replaced by Labor's Shakib Shanan.

References

  1. ^ Knesset to swear in 2nd Ethiopian MK Jerusalem Post, 8 February 2008
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