Governments of Israel Seventeenth Knesset: Government 31 Government 31 Government 31 To Government 31 - Current Members 04/05/2006 Ministers Faction** Prime Minister Ehud Olmert 04/05/2006 Kadima Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres 04/05/2006- 13/06/2007 Kadima Haim Ramon 04/07/2007 Kadima Acting Prime Minister Tzipi Livni 04/05/2006 Kadima Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz 04/05/2006 Kadima Eliyahu Yishai 04/05/2006 Shas Labor- Amir Peretz 04/05/2006- 18/06/2007 Meimad Yisrael Avigdor Liberman 30/10/2006- 18/01/2008 Beitenu Ehud Barak 18/06/2007 Labor- Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Shalom Simhon 04/05/2006 Meimad Minister of Communications Ariel Atias 04/05/2006 Shas Labor- Minister of Defense Amir Peretz 04/05/2006- 18/06/2007 Meimad Ehud Barak 18/06/2007 Labor- Minister of Education Yuli Tamir 04/05/2006 Meimad Minister of Environmental Protection Gideon Ezra 04/05/2006 Kadima Minister of Finance Abraham Hirchson 04/05/2006- 03/07/2007 Kadima Ronnie Bar-On 04/07/2007 Kadima Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni 04/05/2006 Kadima Gil Minister of Health Yacov Ben Yizri 04/05/2006 Pensioners Party Minister of Housing and Construction Meir Sheetrit 04/05/2006- 04/07/2007 Kadima Ze`ev Boim 04/07/2007 Kadima Minister of Immigrant Absorption Ze`ev Boim 04/05/2006- 04/07/2007 Kadima Jacob Edery 04/07/2007- 14/07/2008 Kadima Eli Aflalo 14/07/2008 Kadima Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor Eliyahu Yishai 04/05/2006 Shas Minister of Internal Affairs Ronnie Bar-On 04/05/2006- 04/07/2007 Kadima Meir Sheetrit 04/07/2007 Kadima Minister of Internal Security Abraham Dicter 04/05/2006 Kadima Minister of Justice Haim Ramon 04/05/2006- 22/08/2006 Kadima http://www.knesset.gov.il/govt/eng/GovtByNumber_eng.asp (1 of 2) [16/09/2008 15:40:21] Governments of Israel Tzipi Livni 29/11/2006- 07/02/2007 Kadima Daniel Friedmann 07/02/2007 Labor- Minister of National Infrastructure Binyamin Ben-Eliezer 04/05/2006 Meimad Gil Minister of Pensioner Affairs Rafi Eitan 04/05/2006 Pensioners Party Minister of Religious Services Yitzhak Cohen 14/01/2008 Shas Labor- Minister of Science, Culture, and Sport Ophir Pines-Paz 04/05/2006- 01/11/2006 Meimad Labor- Raleb Majadele 21/03/2007 Meimad Yisrael Minister of Strategic Affairs Avigdor Liberman 30/10/2006- 18/01/2008 Beitenu Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galil Shimon Peres 04/05/2006- 13/06/2007 Kadima Jacob Edery 04/07/2007 Kadima Labor- Minister of the Diaspora, Society, and Fight Against Antisemitism Isaac Herzog 21/03/2007 Meimad Labor- Minister of Tourism Isaac Herzog 04/05/2006- 21/03/2007 Meimad Yisrael Yitzhak Aharonovitch 21/03/2007- 18/01/2008 Beitenu Ruhama Avraham 14/07/2008 Kadima Balila Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Shaul Mofaz 04/05/2006 Kadima Minister of Welfare and Social Services Ehud Olmert 04/05/2006- 21/03/2007 Kadima Labor- Isaac Herzog 21/03/2007 Meimad Minister Without Portfolio Meshulam Nahari 04/05/2006 Shas Labor- Eitan Cabel 04/05/2006- 04/05/2007 Meimad Jacob Edery 04/05/2006- 04/07/2007 Kadima Yitzhak Cohen 04/05/2006- 14/01/2008 Shas Labor- Raleb Majadele 29/01/2007- 21/03/2007 Meimad Ruhama Avraham 04/07/2007- 14/07/2008 Kadima Balila Labor- Ami Ayalon 24/09/2007 Meimad Acting Ministers Acting Min. of Justice Meir Sheetrit 23/08/2006- 29/11/2006 Kadima Labor- Acting Min. of Science, Culture, and Sport Yuli Tamir 05/11/2006- 21/03/2007 Meimad Deputy Ministers Labor- Deputy Min. of Defense Ephraim Sneh 30/10/2006- 18/06/2007 Meimad Labor- Matan Vilnai 02/07/2007 Meimad Deputy Min. of Foreign Affairs Majalli Whbee 29/10/2007 Kadima http://www.knesset.gov.il/govt/eng/GovtByNumber_eng.asp (2 of 2) [16/09/2008 15:40:21].