Israel's 33rd government line-up finalized

Silvan Shalom, Yuval Steinitz assigned cabinet roles after lengthy discussions; government to include 22 ministers

Attila Somfalvi|Published: 03.18.13 , 08:34

The line-up of Israel's 33rd government has been finalized hours before the cabinet will be sworn on Monday afternoon.

Yuval Steinitz and Silvan Shalom were assigned roles after lengthy discussions that went well into the night. Steinitz will serve as minister for international, intelligence and strategic affairs.

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He will be charged with handling the strategic dialogue with the United States, including the nuclear issue, and will be a member of the peace negotiations team. The former finance minister will also be appointed chairman of the Atomic Energy Committee.

Shalom will retain the Regional Development portfolio and will also take on the energy and water portfolio. He will be a member of the kitchen cabinet as well as of the peace negotiations team.

The government will have the highest number of women ministers ever recorded in Israel.

The line-up is as follows:

Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) – Prime Minister
Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) – Defense Minister
Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) – Finance Minister
Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) – Interior Minister
Shay Piron (Yesh Atid) – Education Minister
Naftali Bennett (Habayit Hayehudi) – Economy and Trade Minister
Tzipi Livni (Hatnua) – Justice Minister
Yael German (Yesh Atid) – Health Minister
Yisrael Katz (Yisrael Beiteinu) – Transportation Minister
Gilad Erdan (Likud) – Communications and Home Front Defense Minister
Silvan Shalom (Likud) – Regional Development, Water and Energy Resources Minister
Uri Ariel (Habayit Hayehudi) – Housing Minister
Yuval Steinitz (Likud) – Minister for International, Intelligence and Strategic Affairs
Uri Orbach (Habayit Hayehudi) – Minister for Pensioners Affairs
Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid) - Welfare Minister
Yaakov Peri (Yesh Atid) – Science Minister
Amir Peretz (Hatnua) – Environmental Protection Minister
Sofa Landver (Yisrael Beiteinu) – Immigrant Absorption Minister
Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beiteinu) – Tourism Minister
Yair Shamir (Yisrael Beiteinu) – Agriculture Minister
Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Yisrael Beiteinu) – Internal Security Minister
Limor Livnat (Likud) – Culture and Sports Minister
Eli Ben-Dahan (Habayit Hayehudi) – Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs
Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) – Deputy Welfare Minister
Danny Danon (Likud) – Deputy Defense Minister
Zeev Elkin (Likud) – Deputy Foreign Minister
Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) – Foreign Minister-designate