Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid

The Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid was created on 3 January 2005^[1][2] following Shinui's withdrawal from the government in December 2004. Although the idea was considered before,^[3] especially in the 1980s when Likud and the Israeli Labor Party formed large blocs in the Knesset, this was the first time a Shadow Cabinet was formed in Israel.

Lapid Shadow Cabinet
Shadow Cabinet of Israel
2005 – 2006
Date formed	3 January 2005
People and organisations
President	Moshe Katzav
Shadow Prime Minister	Tommy Lapid
Shadow Acting Prime Minister	Avraham Poraz
Prime Minister being shadowed	Ariel Sharon (30th Government)
Member party	Shinui
Status in legislature	Opposition 15 / 120 (13%)
History
Outgoing election	2006 Israeli legislative election
Legislature term	16th Knesset

Shadow cabinet list

Portfolio	Shadow Minister	Party
Shadow Prime Minister	Tommy Lapid		Shinui
Shadow Vice Prime Minister	Tommy Lapid		Shinui
Shadow Acting Prime Minister	Avraham Poraz		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Agriculture	Reshef Hen		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Communications	Avraham Poraz		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Defense	Ilan Shalgi		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Education, Culture and Sport	Meli Polishook-Bloch		Shinui
Shadow Minister of the Environment	Ilan Shalgi		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Finance	Avraham Poraz		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs	Eliezer Sandberg		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Health	Ehud Rassabi		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Housing and Construction	Ilan Leibovitch		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Immigrant Absorption	Victor Brailovsky		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour	Ilan Leibovitch		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs	Roni Brizon		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Internal Security	not appointed
Shadow Minister of Justice	Eti Livni		Shinui
Shadow Minister of National Infrastructure	Hemi Doron		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Religious Affairs	Roni Brizon		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Science and Technology	Meli Polishook-Bloch		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Tourism	Erela Golan		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Transportation	Ilan Leibovitch		Shinui
Shadow Minister of Welfare and Social Services	Yigal Yasinov		Shinui

Personnel differences

The following members of the shadow cabinet were ex-ministers in the Sharon government on the day of Shinui's withdrawal:

• Tommy Lapid, who held the Justice portfolio in the Sharon government, held no shadow portfolio apart from that of Prime Minister (shadowing Sharon) and Vice Prime Minister (shadowing Shimon Peres).
• Avraham Poraz, who held the Interior portfolio in the Sharon government, was moved to shadow the communications and finance portfolios.
• Ilan Shalgi, who held the environmental protection portfolio in the Sharon government, retained it in the shadow cabinet, also gaining the defense portfolio.
• Eliezer Sandberg, who held the national infrastructure portfolio in the Sharon government, was moved to shadow the foreign affairs portfolio.
• Victor Brailovsky, who held the culture portfolio in the Sharon government, was moved to shadow the immigrant absorption portfolio.