Cabinet of David Ben-Gurion VIII
The Cabinet of David Ben-Gurion VIII ( Hebrew מֶמְשֶׁלֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַעֲשִׂירִית, Memshelet Jisra'el Ha-Asirit ) is the eighth Israeli coalition government, with David Ben-Gurion as prime minister, and the tenth government since the establishment of the State of Israel.
After the elections to the Fifth Knesset on August 15, 1961 , President Ben Zwi entrusted David Ben-Gurion with the formation of a government on September 6, 1961, but David Ben-Gurion refused. On September 14, 1961, Ben Zwi charged Levi Eschkol with the formation of a new government. Levi Eschkol accepted the contract on condition that David Ben-Gurion becomes prime minister. The coalition negotiations between Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael , National Religious Party , Achdut haAwoda , Poalei Agudat Jisra'el and the two parties representing the Arab-born Israelis , Shituf weAchwa and Kidma wePituach , dragged on until the end of October 1963, so that the government did not come to power until November 2nd Started work in 1961 with David Ben-Gurion as Prime Minister.
After Jitzchak Ben Aharon's resignation as Minister of Transport on May 28, 1962, Jisra'el Bar Jehuda took over the office on the same day.
Due to the death of Georg Josephthal on August 22, 1962 in Lucerne ( Switzerland ), a new management had to be found for the ministries of regional development and building and housing . The leadership of the two ministries took over on October 30, 1962 Yosef Almogi , who was previously Minister without Portfolio . Kalman Kahana was appointed Deputy Minister of Education on November 29, 1963 after the incumbent Ami Assaf died on May 17, 1963.
On June 16, 1963, David Ben-Gurion resigned as Prime Minister for personal reasons and on June 26, 1963 Levi Eschkol became the new Prime Minister of the new government .
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Web links
- Government 10. In: Governments of Israel. Knesset , accessed March 16, 2014 .
- History of the 5th Knesset (Knesset website)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Factional and Government Make-Up of the Fifth Knesset. Knesset , accessed March 16, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Timeline 1961. (No longer available online.) Jewish Agency for Israel , archived from the original on December 3, 2008 ; accessed on March 16, 2014 .