Twenty-fourth government of Israel
# Twenty-fourth government of Israel

The twenty-fourth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 11 June 1990. This followed the failure of Alignment leader Shimon Peres to form a government, after the Alignment had pulled out of the previous national unity coalition, in an incident which became known as the dirty trick.

Shamir's coalition included Likud, the National Religious Party, Shas, Agudat Yisrael, Degel HaTorah, the New Liberal Party, Tehiya, Tzomet, Moledet, Unity for Peace and Immigration and Geulat Yisrael, and held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. Some authors (including political scientist Clive A. Jones and historians Avi Shlaim and Benny Morris) later asserted that the 24th government of Israel was the most right-wing government in the country's history. Tehiya, Tzomet and Moledet all left the coalition in late 1991 and early 1992 in protest at Shamir's participation in the Madrid Conference, but the government remained in office until Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government, following the Labor Party's victory in the 1992 elections.

## Cabinet members

| Position | Person | Party |
| - | - | - |
| Prime Minister | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Deputy Prime Minister | David Levy | Likud |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Moshe Nissim | Likud |
| Minister of Agriculture | Rafael Eitan (until 31 December 1991) | Tzomet |
| Minister of Communications | Rafael Pinhasi | Shas |
| Minister of Defense | Moshe Arens | Likud |
| Minister of Economics and Planning | David Magen | Likud |
| Minister of Education and Culture | Zevulun Hammer | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Energy and Infrastructure | Yuval Ne'eman (until 21 January 1992) | Not an MK $^1$ |
| Minister of the Environment | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Minister of Finance | Yitzhak Moda'i | Likud |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | David Levy | Likud |
| Minister of Health | Ehud Olmert | Likud |
| Minister of Housing and Construction | Ariel Sharon | Likud |
| Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Yitzhak Peretz | Shas |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | Moshe Nissim | Likud |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Aryeh Deri | Not an MK $^2$ |
| Minister of Jerusalem Affairs | Yitzhak Shamir (from 27 November 1990) | Likud |
| Minister of Justice | Dan Meridor | Likud |
| Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Minister of Police | Roni Milo | Likud |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Avner Shaki | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Science and Development | Yuval Ne'eman (until 21 January 1990) | Not an MK $^1$ |
| Minister of Tourism | Gideon Patt | Likud |
| Minister of Transportation | Moshe Katsav | Likud |
| Minister without Portfolio | Rehavam Ze'evi (5 February 1991 - 12 January 1992) | Moledet |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | Yigal Bibi (2 August - 20 November 1990) | National Religious Party |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | Shmuel Halpert (19 November 1990 - 8 June 1991) | Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | Binyamin Netanyahu (from 11 November 1991) | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Communications | Efraim Gur (2 July - 20 November 1990) | Unity for Peace and Immigration |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | Ovadia Eli | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Culture | Pinchas Goldstein (from 20 November 1990) | New Liberal Party |
| Deputy Minister of the Environment | Yigal Bibi (from 20 November 1990) | National Religious Party |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Yosef Azran (from 2 July 1990) | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Binyamin Netanyahu (until 11 November 1991) | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Health | Eliezer Mizrahi | Agudat Yisrael, Geulat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction | Avraham Ravitz | Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Jerusalem Affairs | Avraham Verdiger (from 27 November 1990) | Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Menachem Porush (from 19 November 1990) | Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Shmuel Halpert (from 8 June 1991) | Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs | Moshe Gafni (from 23 July 1990) | Degel HaTorah |
| Deputy Minister of Science and Technology | Geula Cohen (until 31 October 1991) | Tehiya |
| Deputy Minister of Transportation | Pinchas Goldstein (2 July - 20 November 1990) | New Liberal Party |

$^1$ Although Ne'eman was not a Knesset member at the time, he was a member of Tehiya.

$^2$ Although Deri was not a Knesset member at the time, he was a member of Shas.

