This is a list of the members of the 1st Knesset . This was preceded by the elections for the constituent assembly on January 25, 1949. The constituent session was on February 14, 1949. On February 16, 1949, the constituent assembly was converted into the Knesset by law.
Allocation of seats according to party affiliation
Members of the 1st Knesset
The following 120 MPs were elected to the Knesset in the general election on January 25, 1949 .
| Political party
|
member
|
Remarks
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Meir Argov |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Ami Assaf |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Zalman Aran |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yitzchak Ben Zwi |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Aryeh Bahir |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
David Bar-Rav-Hai |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Joseph Baratz |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Chaim Ben-Ascher |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
David Ben-Gurion |
Prime Minister , Minister of Defense
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Shmuel Dayan |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Ben Zion Dinur |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Hasya Drori |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yehiel Duvdevani |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Josef Efrati |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Heshel Frumkin |
Replaced by Jenia Tversky on February 5, 1951
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Shraga Goren |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Akiwa Gowrin |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yisrael Guri |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Eliyahu Hacarmeli |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
David Hacohen |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Neta Harpaz |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Avraham Herzfeld |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Abba Hushi |
Replaced by Baruch Osnia on February 12, 1951
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Beba Idelson |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Eliezer Kaplan |
Minister of Finance , Minister of Trade and Industry
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yona Kesse |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yosef-Michael Lamm |
Replaced by Rafael Bash on May 21, 1951
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Shlomo Lavi |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Pinchas Lawon |
Agriculture Minister ( 2nd Cabinet )
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Eliezer Livna |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Ada Maimon |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Golda Meir |
Minister of Labor
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Fritz Naphtali |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Dvora Netzer |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
David Remez |
Transport Minister ( 1st Cabinet ), Education Minister ( 2nd Cabinet ), replaced by Menachem Cohen on May 19, 1951
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Moshe Sharet |
Foreign minister
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Salman Shazar |
Education Minister ( 1st Cabinet )
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Aryeh Sheftel |
Replaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi on February 12, 1951
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Re'uven Schaeri |
Deputy Minister of Transport ( 2nd Cabinet )
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yosef Sprinzak |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yizhar Smilansky |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Yehudit Simhonit |
Replaced by Herzl Berger on February 5, 1951
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Ephraim Taburi |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Avraham Taviv |
Replaced by Yitzhak Kanav on April 20, 1950
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Zvi Yehuda |
|
| Mifleget Poalei Erez Yisrael |
Dov Yosef |
Minister of Agriculture , Minister of Rationing and Supply ( 1st Cabinet ), Minister of Transport ( 2nd Cabinet )
|
| Mapam |
Moshe Aram |
|
| Mapam |
Menachem Bader |
|
| Mapam |
Dov Bar-Nir |
Replaced by Menachem Ratzon on April 10, 1951
|
| Mapam |
Jisra'el Bar Yehuda |
|
| Mapam |
Yitzchak Ben Aharon |
|
| Mapam |
Mordechaj Bentov |
|
| Mapam |
Yaakov Hazan |
|
| Mapam |
Yisrael Galili |
|
| Mapam |
Fayge Ilanit |
|
| Mapam |
Hannah Lamdan |
|
| Mapam |
Nahum Nir |
|
| Mapam |
Eliezer Peri |
|
| Mapam |
Berl Repetur |
|
| Mapam |
Ya'akov Riftin |
|
| Mapam |
Hanan Ruby |
|
| Mapam |
Moshe Sneh |
|
| Mapam |
Yitzchak Tabenkin |
Replaced by David Livschitz on April 12, 1951
|
| Mapam |
Meir Yaari |
|
| Mapam |
Aharon Zisling |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Josef Castle |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Moshe Kelmer |
Replaced by Eliyahu Mazur on March 11, 1949
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Eliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Avraham-Yehuda Gold Councilor |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Kalman Kahana |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Meir-David Levenstein |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Yitzchak-Me'ir Levin |
Minister for Welfare
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Yehuda Leib Maimon |
Minister of Religion and Veterans
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Benjamin Mintz |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Mordechai Nurock |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
David-Zwi Pinkas |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Avraham-Haim Shag |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Chaim Mosque Shapira |
Minister of Health , Minister of Immigration , Minister of the Interior
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Moshe Unna |
|
| HaChasit haDatit haMe'uchedet |
Serach Truly |
|
| Cherut |
Menachem Begin |
|
| Cherut |
Yohanan Bader |
|
| Cherut |
Aryeh Ben-Eliezer |
|
| Cherut |
Haim Cohen-Meguri |
|
| Cherut |
Uri Zvi Greenberg |
|
| Cherut |
Eri Jabotinsky |
Left the party, independent
|
| Cherut |
Shmuel Katz |
|
| Cherut |
Hillel Kook |
Left the party, independent
|
| Cherut |
Chaim Landau |
|
| Cherut |
Eliyahu Lankin |
|
| Cherut |
Yaakov Meridor |
|
| Cherut |
Shmuel Merlin |
|
| Cherut |
Avraham Rakanti |
|
| Cherut |
Esther Raziel-Naor |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Peretz Bernstein |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Ya'akov Gil |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Ya'akov Klivnov |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Shoshana Parsitz |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Jisra'el Rokach |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Joseph Sapir |
|
| Tzionim Klaliym |
Josef Serlin |
|
| Miflaga Progresivit |
Idov Cohen |
|
| Miflaga Progresivit |
Yeshayahu Funder |
|
| Miflaga Progresivit |
Avraham Granot |
|
| Miflaga Progresivit |
Yizhar Harari |
|
| Miflaga Progresivit |
Pinchas roses |
Minister of Justice
|
| HaMiflaga HaKomunistit HaJisraelit |
Shmuel Mikunis |
|
| HaMiflaga HaKomunistit HaJisraelit |
Eliezer Preminger |
Left the party to found the Komunistim Ivrim , switched to Mapam
|
| HaMiflaga HaKomunistit HaJisraelit |
Tawfik Toubi |
|
| HaMiflaga HaKomunistit HaJisraelit |
Meir Vilner |
|
| Sfaradim VeEdot Misrach |
Moshe Ben-Ami |
|
| Sfaradim VeEdot Misrach |
Eliyahu Eliashar |
|
| Sfaradim VeEdot Misrach |
Avraham Elmalih |
|
| Sfaradim VeEdot Misrach |
Bechor-Shalom Shitrite |
Minister for Public Security
|
| Reschima Demokratit schel Natzrat |
Seif-El-Din El-Zubi |
|
| Reschima Demokratit schel Natzrat |
Amin-Salim Jarjora |
|
| Reshimat HaLohmim |
Nathan Yellin-Mor |
|
| Hitachdut HaTeimanim beJisra'el |
Zechariah Gloska |
|
| Women's International Zionist Organization |
Rachel Cohen-Kagan |
|
Reshuffles
Government formation
David Ben-Gurion was charged with forming the first government . After the government broke, David Ben-Gurion formed a second government .
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