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Second Knesset: Government 4 |
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| Government 4
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| 24/12/1952
- 26/01/1954
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Prime Minister |
David Ben-Gurion |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Agriculture |
Peretz Naftali |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Defense |
David Ben-Gurion |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Development |
Dov Yosef |
15/06/1953 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Education and Culture |
Ben-Zion Dinor |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
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Minister of Finance |
Levi Eshkol |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Moshe Sharett |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Health |
Yosef Sapir |
24/12/1952 |
- 29/12/1953 |
General Zionists |
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Yosef Serlin |
29/12/1953 |
- 26/01/1954 |
General Zionists |
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Minister of Internal Affairs |
Israel Rokach |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
General Zionists |
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Minister of Justice |
Pinhas Rosen |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Progressive Party |
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Minister of Labor |
Golda Meir |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Police |
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Minister of Postal Services |
Yosef Burg |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Po-el Mizrahi |
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Minister of Religions |
Haim-Moshe Shapira |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Po-el Mizrahi |
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Minister of Trade and Industry |
Peretz Bernstein |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
General Zionists |
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Minister of Transportation |
Yosef Serlin |
24/12/1952 |
- 29/12/1953 |
General Zionists |
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Yosef Sapir |
29/12/1953 |
- 26/01/1954 |
General Zionists |
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Minister of Welfare |
Haim-Moshe Shapira |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Po-el Mizrahi |
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Minister Without Portfolio |
Dov Yosef |
24/12/1952 |
- 15/06/1953 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Pinhas Lavon |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael |
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Deputy Min. of Education and Culture |
Kalman Kahana |
24/12/1952 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
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Deputy Min. of Religions |
Zerach Warhaftig |
05/01/1953 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Po-el Mizrahi |
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Deputy Min. of Trade and Industry |
Zalman Susayeff |
15/06/1953 |
- 26/01/1954 |
General Zionists |
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Deputy Min. of Welfare |
Shlomo-Israel Ben-Meir |
05/01/1953 |
- 26/01/1954 |
Mizrahi |
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Not a Knesset Member |

December 24, 1952. Ministers of the Fourth Government with the President. Sitting from left to right: Ben-Zion Dinor, David Ben-Gurion, President Yitzak Ben-Zvi, Dov Josef. Standing from left to right: Peretz Naftali, Levi Eshkol, Pinchas Lavon, Yosef Serlin, Golda Meir, Pinhas Rosen, Moshe Sharett, Israel Rokach , and Peretz Bernstein .
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Note:
The Prime Minister automatically assumes any ministerial position vacated until the
official appointment of another minister or acting minister.
On May 25 1953, the General Zionists faction resigned from the coalition, and rejoined on June 3, 1953.
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