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Government of Israel
ממשלת ישראל • مجلس وزراء إسرائيل
Central government
37th Government of Israel
Overview
Established	1949
State	State of Israel
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the President of the State after consultation with parties in the Knesset. Other ministers are directly appointed by the Prime Minister.
Ministries	28
Responsible to	Knesset
Headquarters	Jerusalem
Website	www.gov.il

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The Cabinet of Israel (Hebrew: ממשלת ישראל, romanized: Memshelet Yisra'el; Arabic: مجلس وزراء إسرائيل, romanized: Majlis Wuzaraʾ Israʾil) exercises executive authority in the State of Israel. It consists of ministers who are chosen and led by the prime minister. The composition of the government must be approved by a vote of confidence in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament). Under Israeli law, the prime minister may dismiss members of the government but must do so in writing, and new appointees must be approved by the Knesset. Most ministers lead ministries, though some are ministers without portfolio. Most ministers are members of the Knesset, though only the Prime Minister and the "designated acting prime minister" are required to be Knesset members. Some ministers are also called deputy and vice-prime ministers. Unlike the designated acting prime minister, these roles have no statutory meanings. The government operates in accordance with the Basic Law. It meets on Sundays weekly in Jerusalem. There may be additional meetings if circumstances require it.

Unlike most cabinets in parliamentary regimes, the Israeli cabinet–officially described in the Basic Laws as the "Government"–is both the de jure and de facto executive authority in Israel. In most parliamentary regimes, the head of state is nominal chief executive, while bound by convention to act on the advice of the cabinet. In Israel, the Basic Laws explicitly vest executive power in the cabinet/Government, not the President.

Use of terms

The body discussed in this article is referred to in Israeli official documents as the Government of Israel. This is in accordance with the normal translation of its Hebrew name, (Hebrew: ממשלה, Memshala). In Israel, the term cabinet (Hebrew: קבינט) is generally used for the State-Security Cabinet (Hebrew: הקבינט המדיני-ביטחוני HaKabinet haMedini-Bitachoni), a smaller forum of cabinet members that decides on defense and foreign policy issues and may consist of up to half of the (full) cabinet members. Another term in use is the Kitchen Cabinet (Hebrew: המטבחון, HaMitbahon, lit. "The kitchenette"), a collection of senior officials, or unofficial advisers to the Security Cabinet of Israel.

Provisional and first governments of Israel

The first government was the provisional government of Israel (HaMemshala HaZmanit) which governed from shortly before independence until the formation of the first formal government in March 1949 following the first Knesset elections in January that year. It was formed as the People's Administration (Minhelet HaAm) on 12 April 1948, in preparation for independence just over a month later. All its thirteen members were taken from Moetzet HaAm, the temporary legislative body set up at the same time.

Current government

The thirty-seventh government of Israel (Hebrew: ממשלת ישראל השלושים ושבע) is the current government of Israel, which was sworn in on 29 December 2022.

List of cabinets

See also

• Basic Law: The Government
• Israeli system of government

References

1. Carrie Keller-Lynn (21 December 2022). ""I've done it": Netanyahu announces his 6th government, Israel's most hardline ever". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
2. Rob Picheta; Hadas Gold; Amir Tal (29 December 2022). "Benjamin Netanyahu sworn in as leader of Israel's likely most right-wing government ever". CNN. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

External links

• Current and past cabinets – Knesset website (in English)
• Basic Law: The Government (2001) – Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in English)

v t e Governments of Israel
	Ben-Gurion Provisional 1 2 3 4 Sharett 5 6 Ben-Gurion 7 8 9 10 Eshkol 11 12 13 Meir 14 15 16 Rabin 17 Begin 18 19 Shamir 20 Peres 21 Shamir 22 23 24 Rabin 25 Peres 26 Netanyahu 27 Barak 28 Sharon 29 30 Olmert 31 Netanyahu 32 33 34 Netanyahu–Gantz 35 Bennett–Lapid 36 Netanyahu 37

v t e Israeli Cabinet portfolios
Prime Minister's Office Deputy Prime Minister Agriculture and Food Security Aliyah and Integration Communications Construction and Housing Culture & Sport Defense Development of the Periphery, the Negev & the Galilee Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Economy Education Environmental Protection Finance Foreign Affairs Health Internal Affairs Jerusalem Affairs & Heritage Justice Energy National Security Regional Cooperation Religious Services Science, Technology & Space Social Equality Strategic Affairs Tourism Transport & Road Safety Welfare and Social Affairs Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Inactive portfolios Alternate Prime Minister Defunct portfolios Cyber and National Digital Matters Development Economic Strategy Home Front Defense Intelligence Information Labor Minorities Rationing & Supply

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