The line-up of Israel 's33rd government has been finalized hours before the cabinet will be sworn on Monday afternoon.
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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:
Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) – Defense Minister
- Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) – Interior Minister
Shay Piron (Yesh Atid) – Education Minister
- Yael German (Yesh Atid) – Health 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
Yaron Druckman contributed to this report