Seventh government of Israel

The seventh government of Israel was formed by David Ben-Gurion on 3 November 1955 following the July 1955 elections. His coalition included Mapai, the National Religious Front, Mapam, Ahdut HaAvoda, and the Israeli Arab parties, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development.

Fifth Ben-Gurion Cabinet
7th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	3 November 1955 (1955-11-03)
Date dissolved	7 January 1958 (1958-01-07)
People and organisations
Head of state	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Head of government	David Ben-Gurion
Member parties	Mapai Mapam Ahdut HaAvoda Progressive Party National Religious Party Democratic List for Israeli Arabs Progress and Work Agriculture and Development
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition leader	Menachem Begin
History
Election	1955 Israeli legislative election
Legislature term	3rd Knesset
Predecessor	6th cabinet of Israel
Successor	8th cabinet of Israel

David Ben Gurion speaking at the Knesset, 1957

On 17 December 1957 Ben-Gurion accused Ahdut HaAvoda ministers of leaking information about IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan's trip to West Germany to the press and demanded their resignation.^[1] The government fell after Ben-Gurion resigned on 31 December 1957 over the issue, but remained in place until Ben-Gurion formed the eighth government a week later.

Seventh government of Israel
Portfolio	Minister	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Defense	David Ben-Gurion		Mapai
Minister of Agriculture	Kadish Luz		Mapai
Minister of Development	Mordechai Bentov		Mapam
Minister of Education and Culture	Zalman Aran		Mapai
Minister of Finance	Levi Eshkol		Mapai
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Moshe Sharett (3 November 1955 – 19 June 1956)		Mapai
	Golda Meir (19 June 1956 – 7 January 1958)
Minister of Health	Israel Barzilai		Mapam
Minister of Internal Affairs	Israel Bar-Yehuda		Ahdut HaAvoda
Minister of Justice	Pinchas Rosen (3 November 1955 – 13 February 1956, 28 February 1956 – 7 January 1958)		Progressive Party
	David Ben-Gurion (13 - 28 February 1956)[2][3]		Mapai
Minister of Labour	Golda Meir (3 November 1955 – 19 June 1956)		Mapai
	Mordechai Namir (19 June 1956 – 7 January 1958)
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit		Mapai
Minister of Postal Services	Yosef Burg		National Religious Front
Minister of Religions Minister of Welfare	Haim-Moshe Shapira		National Religious Front
Minister of Trade and Industry	Pinhas Sapir		Not an MK 1
Minister of Transportation	Moshe Carmel		Not an MK 2
Minister without Portfolio	Peretz Naftali		Mapai
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Ze'ev Tzur		Ahdut HaAvoda
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Moshe Unna (3 November 1955 – 31 December 1957)		National Religious Front
	Ami Assaf (11 June 1956 – 7 January 1958)		Mapai
Deputy Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig (3 November 1955 – 28 December 1957)		National Religious Front
Deputy Minister of Welfare	Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (20 December 1955 – 7 January 1958)		National Religious Front

¹ Sapir was elected to the next Knesset as an MK for Mapai.

² Carmel later joined the third Knesset as an MK for Ahdut HaAvoda.