List of members of the eighteenth Knesset
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The following is a list of the members of the 18th Knesset, elected on 10 February 2009.
Knesset members[]
| Party | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kadima (28) | Shaul Mofaz | Leader of the Opposition |
| Dalia Itzik | ||
| Roni Bar-On | ||
| Meir Sheetrit | ||
| Ruhama Avraham | ||
| Marina Solodkin | ||
| Yoel Hasson | ||
| Yaakov Edri | ||
| Ze'ev Bielski | ||
| Ronit Tirosh | ||
| Nahman Shai | ||
| Shlomo Molla | ||
| Robert Tiviaev | ||
| Majalli Wahabi | ||
| Rachel Adato | ||
| Yohanan Plesner | ||
| Shai Hermesh | ||
| Yisrael Hasson | ||
| Aryeh Bibi | ||
| Otniel Schneller | ||
| Orit Zuaretz | ||
| Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich | ||
| Nino Abesadze | ||
| Doron Avital | ||
| Avi Duan | ||
| Yuval Tzelner | ||
| Akram Hasoon | ||
| Ahmed Dabbah | ||
| Likud (27) | Benjamin Netanyahu | Prime Minister |
| Gideon Sa'ar | Education Minister | |
| Gilad Erdan | Environmental Protection Minister Prime Minister's Liaison to the Knesset | |
| Reuven Rivlin | Speaker of the Knesset | |
| Benny Begin | Minister without Portfolio | |
| Moshe Kahlon | Communications Minister | |
| Silvan Shalom | Vice Prime Minister Regional Development Minister | |
| Moshe Ya'alon | Vice Prime Minister Strategic Affairs Minister | |
| Yuval Steinitz | Finance Minister | |
| Lea Nass | Deputy Minister of Pensioner Affairs | |
| Yisrael Katz | Transportation Minister | |
| Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Information and Diaspora Minister | |
| Limor Livnat | Culture and Sport Minister | |
| Haim Katz | ||
| Michael Eitan | Improvement of Government Services Minister | |
| Dan Meridor | Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy | |
| Tzipi Hotovely | ||
| Gila Gamliel | Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| Ze'ev Elkin | ||
| Yariv Levin | ||
| Zion Pinyan | ||
| Ayoob Kara | Deputy Development of the Negev and Galilee Minister | |
| Danny Danon | ||
| Carmel Shama | ||
| Ofir Akunis | ||
| Miri Regev | ||
| Alali Adamso | ||
| Yisrael Beiteinu (15) | Avigdor Liberman | Foreign Affairs Minister |
| Uzi Landau | National Infrastructure Minister | |
| Stas Misezhnikov | Tourism Minister | |
| Yitzhak Aharonovich | Internal Security Minister | |
| Sofa Landver | Immigrant Absorption Minister | |
| Orly Levy | ||
| Danny Ayalon | Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister | |
| David Rotem | ||
| Anastasia Michaeli | ||
| Faina Kirschenbaum | ||
| Robert Ilatov | ||
| Hamad Amar | ||
| Moshe Mutz Matlon | ||
| Lia Shemtov | ||
| Alex Miller | ||
| Shas (11) | Eli Yishai | Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Ariel Atias | Minister of Housing and Construction | |
| Yitzhak Cohen | Deputy Minister of Finance | |
| Amnon Cohen | ||
| Meshulam Nahari | Minister without Portfolio | |
| Ya'akov Margi | Minister of Religious Services | |
| David Azulai | ||
| Yitzhak Vaknin | ||
| Nissim Ze'ev | ||
| Avraham Michaeli | ||
| Haim Amsalem | Left party to sit as an independent | |
| Labor Party (8) | Shelly Yachimovich | Briefly Leader of the Opposition |
| Isaac Herzog | ||
| Avishay Braverman | ||
| Eitan Cabel | ||
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | ||
| Daniel Ben-Simon | ||
| Raleb Majadele | ||
| Yoram Marciano | ||
| Independence (5) | Ehud Barak | Defense Minister |
| Matan Vilnai | Deputy Defense Minister | |
| Shalom Simhon | Minister of Agriculture | |
| Orit Noked | Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour | |
| Einat Wilf | ||
| United Torah Judaism (5) | Yaakov Litzman | Deputy Minister of Health |
| Moshe Gafni | ||
| Uri Maklev | ||
| Eliezer Moses | Deputy Minister of Education | |
| Yisrael Eichler | ||
| National Union (4) | Ya'akov Katz | |
| Uri Ariel | ||
| Aryeh Eldad | ||
| Michael Ben-Ari | ||
| Hadash (4) | Mohammad Barakeh | |
| Hana Sweid | ||
| Dov Khenin | ||
| Afu Agbaria | ||
| United Arab List–Ta'al (4) | Ibrahim Sarsur | |
| Taleb el-Sana | ||
| Masud Ghnaim | ||
| Ahmad Tibi | Deputy Speaker | |
| The Jewish Home (3) | Daniel Hershkowitz | Minister of Science and Technology |
| Zevulun Orlev | ||
| Uri Orbach | ||
| New Movement – Meretz (3) | Ilan Gilon | |
| Nitzan Horowitz | ||
| Zehava Gal-On | ||
| Balad (3) | Jamal Zahalka | |
| Said Nafa | ||
| Haneen Zoabi |
Replacements[]
| MK | Party | Replaced | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich | Kadima | Haim Ramon | 2 July 2009 | Ramon retired from politics to go into business |
| Einat Wilf | Labor Party | Ophir Pines-Paz | 10 January 2010 | Pines-Paz retired from politics |
| Raleb Majadele | Labor Party | Yuli Tamir | 13 April 2010 | Tamir retired from politics |
| Nino Abesadze | Kadima | Tzachi Hanegbi | 9 November 2010 | Hanegbi suspended following indictment |
| Yisrael Eichler | United Torah Judaism | Meir Porush | 6 February 2011 | Porush resigned as part of a seat rotation agreement. |
| Shachiv Shnaan | Labor Party | Matan Vilnai | 14 February 2012 | Vilnai resigned to become ambassador. |
| Doron Avital | Kadima | Ze'ev Boim | 18 March 2011 | Death of Boim |
| Zehava Gal-On | New Movement – Meretz | Haim Oron | 25 March 2011 | Oron resigned his seat |
| Avi Duan | Kadima | Eli Aflalo | 25 January 2012 | Aflalo resigned his seat |
| Yuval Tzelner | Kadima | Tzipi Livni | 3 May 2012 | Livni resigned her seat |
| Akram Hasoon | Kadima | Gideon Ezra | 17 May 2012 | Ezra died of cancer |
| Ahmed Dabbah | Kadima | Avi Dichter | 16 August 2012 | Dichter resigned to become a government minister |
| Alali Adamso | Likud | Yossi Peled | 16 September 2012 | Peled resigned his seat |
| Yoram Marciano | Labor Party | Amir Peretz | 9 December 2012 | Peretz resigned after he left the Labor Party to join Hatnuah |
See also[]
- List of Likud Knesset members
- Arab members of the Knesset
References[]
External links[]
- Current Knesset Members of the Eighteenth Knesset Knesset website
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