The following are the 20 Cabinet Ministers in the government of Premier Yitzhak Shamir. They were approved yesterday by the Knesset:
Yitzhak Shamir (Herut)-Premier and Foreign Minister.
David Levy (Herut)-Deputy Premier and Minister of Housing and Construction
Pesach Grupper (Liberal) – Agriculture
Mordechai Zipori (Herut) – Communications
Moshe Arens (Herut) – Defense
Yaacov Meridor (Herut) – Economics and Interministerial Coordination
Zevulun Hammer (National Religious Party) – Education and Culture
Yitzhak Modai (Liberal) – Energy and Infrastructure
Yoram Aridor (Herut) – Finance
Eliezar Shostak (Laam) – Health
Yosef Burg (National Religious Party) – Interior; Religious Affairs
Moshe Nissim (Liberal) – Justice
Aharon Uzan (Tami) – Labor and Social Welfare; Immigrant Absorption
Yuval Neeman (Tehiya) – Science and Development
Avraham Sharir (Liberal) – Tourism
Gideon Patt (Liberal) – Trade and Industry
Haim Corfu (Herut) – Transportation
Ariel Sharon (Herut), Mordechai Ben-Porat (Independent) and Sarah Doron (Liberal) – Without Portfolio.
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