# Fourteenth government of Israel

The fourteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 17 March 1969, following the death of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol on 26 February. She kept the same national unity government coalition, including the newly formed Alignment alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam, as well as Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development, Cooperation and Brotherhood. The only change to the cabinet was the scrapping of the Minister of Information post, with the previous post-holder Yisrael Galili becoming a Minister without Portfolio instead.
The government served until the formation of the fifteenth government by Meir on 15 December 1969, following the October elections.

## Cabinet members

| Position | Person | Party |
| Prime Minister | Golda Meir | Alignment |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Yigal Allon | Alignment |
| Minister of Agriculture | Haim Gvati | Not an MK $^1$ |
| Minister of Defense | Moshe Dayan | Alignment |
| Minister of Development | Moshe Kol | Not an MK $^2$ |
| Minister of Education and Culture | Zalman Aran | Alignment |
| Minister of Finance | Ze'ev Sherf | Alignment |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Abba Eban | Alignment |
| Minister of Health | Yisrael Barzilai | Not an MK $^3$ |
| Minister of Housing | Mordechai Bentov | Not an MK $^3$ |
| Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Yigal Allon | Alignment |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Haim-Moshe Shapira | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Justice | Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira | Not an MK $^4$ |
| Minister of Labour | Yosef Almogi | Alignment |
| Minister of Police | Eliyahu Sasson | Alignment |
| Minister of Postal Services | Yisrael Yeshayahu | Alignment |
| Minister of Religions | Zerach Warhaftig | National Religious Party |
| Minister of Tourism | Moshe Kol | Not an MK $^2$ |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | Ze'ev Sherf | Alignment |
| Minister of Transportation | Moshe Carmel | Not an MK $^1$ |
| Minister of Welfare | Yosef Burg | National Religious Party |
| Minister without Portfolio | Yisrael Galili | Alignment |
| Minister without Portfolio | Menachem Begin | Gahal |
| Minister without Portfolio | Yosef Sapir | Gahal |
| Minister without Portfolio | Pinchas Sapir | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture | Aharon Uzan (until 17 November 1969) | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Development | Yehuda Sha'ari | Independent Liberals |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Culture | Kalman Kahana | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| Deputy Minister of Education and Culture | Aharon Yadlin (until 17 November 1969) | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Finance | Zvi Dinstein | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption | Aryeh Eliav | Alignment |
| Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs | Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir | National Religious Party |
| Deputy Minister of Religions | Binyamin Shahor | National Religious Party |
$^1$ Gvati and Carmel had been elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but resigned their seats in 1966.
$^2$ Kol had been elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberals list, but had resigned after being appointed to the cabinet.
$^3$ Although Barzilai and Bentov were not Knesset members, both were members of Mapam.
$^4$ Although Shapira was not an MK at the time, he had previously been an MK for Mapai, and was elected to the next Knesset as a member of the Alignment.