Fourth government of Israel

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December 24, 1952. Ministers of the Fourth Government with the President. Sitting from left to right: Ben-Zion Dinor, David Ben-Gurion, President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Dov Yosef. Standing from left to right: Peretz Naftali, Levi Eshkol, Pinchas Lavon, Yosef Serlin, Golda Meir, Pinhas Rosen, Moshe Sharett, Israel Rokach and Peretz Bernstein.

The fourth government of Israel (Hebrew: מֶמְשֶׁלֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל הַרְבִיעִית‎, translit. Memshelet Yisra'el Harevi'it) was formed by David Ben-Gurion during the second Knesset on 24 December 1952. Ben-Gurion dropped the ultra-orthodox parties Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael from his coalition and replaced them with the General Zionists and the Progressive Party, who formed the government together with Mapai, Mizrachi, Hapoel HaMizrachi, the Democratic List for Israeli Arabs, Progress and Work and Agriculture and Development.

The government fell when Ben-Gurion resigned on 6 December 1953 as he wished to settle in the Negev kibbutz of Sde Boker.

The Cabinet
Position	Person	Party
Prime Minister Minister of Defense	David Ben-Gurion	Mapai
Minister of Agriculture	Peretz Naftali	Mapai
Minister of Development	Dov Yosef (from 15 June 1953)	Mapai
Minister of Education and Culture	Ben-Zion Dinor	Not an MK
Minister of Finance	Levi Eshkol	Mapai
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Moshe Sharett	Mapai
Minister of Health	Yosef Sapir (until 29 December 1953) Yosef Serlin (after 29 December 1953)	General Zionists General Zionists
Minister of Internal Affairs	Israel Rokah	General Zionists
Minister of Justice	Pinchas Rosen	Progressive Party
Minister of Labour	Golda Meir	Mapai
Minister of Police	Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit	Mapai
Minister of Postal Services	Yosef Burg	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Minister of Religions Minister of Welfare	Haim-Moshe Shapira	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Minister of Trade and Industry	Peretz Bernstein	General Zionists
Minister of Transportation	Yosef Serlin (until 29 December 1953) Yosef Sapir (after 29 December 1953)	General Zionists General Zionists
Minister without Portfolio	Dov Yosef (until 15 June 1953)	Mapai
Minister without Portfolio	Pinhas Lavon	Mapai
Deputy Minister of Education and Culture	Kalman Kahana	Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Deputy Minister of Religions	Zerach Warhaftig (from 5 January 1953)	Hapoel HaMizrachi
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry	Zalman Suzayiv (from 15 June 1953)	General Zionists
Deputy Minister of Welfare	Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir (from 5 January 1953)	Mizrachi

External links

• Knesset 2: Government 4 Knesset website