# Twenty-first government of Israel

The twenty-first government of Israel was formed by Shimon Peres of the Alignment on 13 September 1984, following the July elections. With both the Alignment and Likud winning over 40 seats each, neither side could form a stand-alone coalition, resulting in a national unity government, together with the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Shas, Morasha, Shinui and Ometz, which together held 97 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. However, in protest at the alliance with Likud, Mapam broke away from the Alignment, as did Yossi Sarid, who joined Ratz.
The government was replaced by the twenty-second government on 20 October 1986, when Yitzhak Shamir replaced Peres as Prime Minister in accordance with the rotation agreement between the Alignment and Likud. The rotation agreement also led to the creation of the post of Acting Prime Minister, who would take over the powers of Prime Minister if they were incapable of fulfilling their duties, as opposed to the Deputy Prime Minister, which was a symbolic role. The Minister of Police was also restored to the cabinet.

## Cabinet members

| Position | Person | Party |
| Prime Minister | Shimon Peres | Alignment |
| Acting Prime Minister (de facto Alternate) | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Deputy Prime Minister | David Levy | Likud |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Yitzhak Navon | Alignment |
| Minister of Agriculture | Aryeh Nehemkin | Alignment |
| Minister of Communications | Amnon Rubinstein | Shinui |
| Minister of Defense | Yitzhak Rabin | Alignment |
| Minister of Economics and Planning $^1$ | Gad Yaacobi | Alignment |
| Minister of Education and Culture | Yitzhak Navon | Alignment |
| Minister of Energy and Infrastructure | Moshe Shahal | Alignment |
| Minister of Finance | Yitzhak Moda'i (until 16 April 1986) | Likud |
| Minister of Finance | Moshe Nissim (from 16 April 1986) | Likud |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Yitzhak Shamir | Likud |
| Minister of Health | Mordechai Gur | Alignment |
| Minister of Housing and Construction | David Levy | Likud |
| Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Ya'akov Tzur | Alignment |
| Minister of Industry and Trade | Ariel Sharon | Likud |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Shimon Peres (until 24 December 1984) | Alignment |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Yitzhak Peretz (from 24 December 1984) | Shas |
| Minister of Justice | Moshe Nissim (until 16 April 1986) | Likud |
| Minister of Justice | Yitzhak Moda'i (16 April 1986 - 23 July 1986) | Likud |
| Minister of Justice | Avraham Sharir (from 23 July 1986) | Likud |
| Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Moshe Katsav | Likud |
| Minister of Police | Haim Bar-Lev | Alignment |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Shimon Peres (until 23 December 1984) | Alignment |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Yosef Burg (23 December 1984 - 5 October 1986) | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Religious Affairs | Zevulun Hammer (from 5 October 1986) | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Science and Development | Gideon Patt | Likud |
| Minister of Tourism | Avraham Sharir | Likud |
| Minister of Transportation | Haim Corfu | Likud |
| Minister without Portfolio | Yitzhak Peretz (until 18 December 1984) | Shas |
| Minister without Portfolio | Yosef Burg (until 23 December 1984) | National Religious Party |
| Minister without Portfolio | Moshe Arens | Likud |
| Minister without Portfolio | Yigal Hurvitz | Ometz |
| Minister without Portfolio | Yosef Shapira | Not an MK |
| Minister without Portfolio | Ezer Weizman | Yahad, Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture | Avraham Katz-Oz | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | Michael Dekel (from 3 December 1985) | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Adiel Amorai | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Roni Milo | Likud |
| Deputy Minister of Health | Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Menachem Porush (until 2 December 1985) | Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Rafael Pinhasi (from 2 December 1985) | Shas |
$^1$ The post was initially called the Minister of Economics and Inter-Ministry Coordination, before being renamed on 16 September 1984.