The following is a list of Cabinet members of Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon’s unity government. Compiled Tuesday afternoon, the list is tentative and subject to change.
PRIME MINISTER: Ariel Sharon (Likud)
FOREIGN: Shimon Peres (Labor)
DEFENSE: Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor)
FINANCE: Silvan Shalom (Likud)
JUSTICE: Meir Sheetrit (Likud)
EDUCATION: Limor Livnat (Likud)
PUBLIC SECURITY: Uzi Landau (Likud)
COMMUNICATIONS: Reuven Rivlin (Likud)
ENVIRONMENT: Tzahi Hanegbi (Likud)
MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
(KNESSET LIAISON): Danny Naveh (Likud)
MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO: Tzipi Livni (Likud)
TRANSPORTATION: Ephraim Sneh (Labor)
AGRICULTURE: Shalom Simhon (Labor)
INDUSTRY AND TRADE: Dalia Itzik (Labor)
SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORT: Matan Vilnai (Labor)
MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
(ARAB AFFAIRS): Saleh Tarif (Labor)
MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO: Ra’anan Cohen (Labor)
MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO: Shmuel Avital (One Nation)
INTERIOR (and DEPUTY PRIME
MINISTER): Eli Yishai (Shas)
LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Shlomo Benizri (Shas)
HEALTH: Nissim Dahan (Shas)
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Asher Ohana (Shas)
JERUSALEM AFFAIRS: Eli Suissa (Shas)
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURES: Avigdor Lieberman (National Union-Israel Our Home)
TOURISM: Rehavam Ze’evi (National Union-Israel Our Home)
HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION: Natan Sharansky (Yisrael Ba’Aliyah)
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