Seventh government of Israel

David Ben Gurion speaking at the Knesset, 1957

The seventh government of Israel (Hebrew: מֶמְשֶׁלֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַשְׁבִיעִית‎, translit. Memshelet Yisra'el HaShvi'it) was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 3 November 1955 following the July 1955 elections. His coalition included Mapai, the National Religious Front, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, and the Israeli Arab parties, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development.

On 17 December 1957 Ben-Gurion accused Ahdut HaAvoda ministers of leaking information about IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan's trip to West Germany to the press and demanded their resignation. The government fell after Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 December 1957 over the issue, but remained in place until Ben-Gurion formed the eighth government a week later.

The Cabinet
Position	Person	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Defense	David Ben-Gurion	Mapai
Minister of Agriculture	Kadish Luz	Mapai
Minister of Development	Mordechai Bentov	Mapam
Minister of Education and Culture	Zalman Aran	Mapai
Minister of Finance	Levi Eshkol	Mapai
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Moshe Sharett (until 19 June 1956) Golda Meir (after 3 November 1955)	Mapai Mapai
Minister of Health	Israel Barzilai	Mapam
Minister of Internal Affairs	Israel Bar-Yehuda	Ahdut HaAvoda
Minister of Justice	Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party
Minister of Labour	Golda Meir (until 19 June 1956) Mordechai Namir (after 19 June 1956)	Mapai Mapai
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	Mapai
Minister of Postal Services	Yosef Burg	National Religious Front
Minister of Religions Minister of Welfare	Haim-Moshe Shapira	National Religious Front
Minister of Trade and Industry	Pinhas Sapir	Not an MK 1
Minister of Transportation	Moshe Carmel	Not an MK 2
Minister without Portfolio	Peretz Naftali	Mapai
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Ze'ev Tzur	Ahdut HaAvoda
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Moshe Unna (until 31 December 1957)	National Religious Front
Deputy Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig (until 28 December 1957)	National Religious Front

¹ Sapir was elected to the next Knesset as an MK for Mapai.

² Carmel later joined the third Knesset as an MK for Ahdut HaAvoda.

External links

• Third Knesset: Government 7 Knesset website