# Twentieth government of Israel

The twentieth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 10 October 1983, following the resignation of Prime Minister Menachen Begin on 28 August.
Shamir kept the same coalition partners as the previous government, i.e. the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism. The coalition held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. All ministers kept their roles from the previous government, with the only changes being that Shamir replaced Begin as Prime Minister (whilst keeping the Foreign Affairs portfolio), Pesah Grupper being promoted from Deputy Minister of Agriculture (also replacing Begin, who had held the portfolio before), Mordechai Tzipori losing his Deputy Minister of Defense role, and Yehuda Ben-Meir becoming Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The government held office until 13 September the following year, when the twenty-first government was formed following the July 1984 elections.

## Cabinet members

| Position | Person | Party |
| Prime Minister | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Deputy Prime Minister | David Levy | Likud |
| Minister of Agriculture | Pesah Grupper | Likud |
| Minister of Communications | Mordechai Tzipori | Likud |
| Minister of Defense | Moshe Arens | Not an MK $^1$ |
| Minister of Economics and Inter-Ministry Co-ordination | Ya'akov Meridor | Likud |
| Minister of Education and Culture | Zevulun Hammer | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Energy and Infrastructure | Yitzhak Moda'i | Likud |
| Minister of Finance | Yoram Aridor (until 15 October 1983) | Likud |
| Minister of Finance | Yigal Cohen-Orgad (from 15 October 1983) | Likud |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Minister of Health | Eliezer Shostak | Likud |
| Minister of Housing and Construction | David Levy | Likud |
| Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Aharon Uzan | Tami |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | Gideon Patt | Likud |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Yosef Burg | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Justice | Moshe Nissim | Likud |
| Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Aharon Uzan | Tami |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Yosef Burg | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Science and Development | Yuval Ne'eman | Tehiya |
| Minister of Tourism | Avraham Sharir | Likud |
| Minister of Transportation | Haim Corfu | Likud |
| Minister without Portfolio | Mordechai Ben-Porat (until 31 January 1984) | Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism |
| Minister without Portfolio | Ariel Sharon | Likud |
| Minister without Portfolio | Sarah Doron | Likud |
| Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | Dov Shilansky | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture | Michael Dekel | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Culture | Miriam Glazer-Ta'asa | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Haim Kaufman | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yehuda Ben-Meir | National Religious Party |
| Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction | Moshe Katsav | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Ben-Zion Rubin | Tami |
$^1$ Although Arens was not an MK at the time, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Likud list.