List of members of the seventeenth Knesset explained

The following is a list of the members of the seventeenth Knesset, elected on 28 March 2006 and inaugurated 4 May 2006, and their replacements.

Knesset members

NamePartyPosition
Ehud OlmertKadimaPrime Minister
Tzipi LivniKadimaActing Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Meir SheetritKadimaMinister of the Interior
Avi DichterKadimaMinister of Internal Security
Marina SolodkinKadima
Haim RamonKadimaVice Prime Minister, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
Shaul MofazKadimaDeputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transportation
Tzachi HanegbiKadimaChairman, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee
Avraham HirschsonKadima
Gideon EzraKadimaMinister of Environmental Affairs
Roni Bar-OnKadimaMinister of Finance
Dalia ItzikKadimaSpeaker of the Knesset
Ze'ev BoimKadimaMinister of Housing and Construction
Yaakov EdriKadimaMinister of Negev and Galilee Development
Ze'ev ElkinKadima
Majalli WahabiKadimaDeputy Speaker of the Kenesset
Ruhama AvrahamKadimaMinister without Portfolio responsible for Knesset liaison, Minister of Tourism
Menachem Ben-SassonKadimaChairman, Committee on Law and Constitution
Eli AflaloKadimaMinister of Immigrant Absorption
David TalKadimaChairman, House Committee
Ronit TiroshKadima
Otniel SchnellerKadimaDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Michael NudelmanKadimaChairman, Committee on Immigration, Absorption and the Diaspora
Amira DotanKadima
Yoel HassonKadima
Shai HermeshKadima
Isaac Ben-IsraelKadima
Yohanan PlesnerKadima
Shlomo MollaKadima
Amir PeretzLabor-Meimad
Isaac HerzogLabor-MeimadMinister of Welfare
Ophir Pines-PazLabor-MeimadChairman, Committee on Interior Affairs and the Environment
Avishay BravermanLabor-MeimadChairman, Finance Committee
Yuli TamirLabor-MeimadMinister of Education
Ami AyalonLabor-MeimadMinister without Portfolio
Eitan CabelLabor-Meimad
Binyamin Ben-EliezerLabor-MeimadMinister of National Infrastructure
Shelly YachimovichLabor-Meimad
Michael MelchiorLabor-MeimadChairman, Committee on Education, Culture and Sports
Matan VilnaiLabor-MeimadDeputy Minister of Defense
Colette AvitalLabor-MeimadDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Nadia HilouLabor-MeimadChairwoman, Committee on the Rights of the Child
Shalom SimhonLabor-MeimadMinister of Agriculture
Orit NokedLabor-Meimad
Yoram MarcianoLabor-Meimad
Raleb MajadeleLabor-MeimadMinister of Science, Culture and Sports
Shakhiv Shana'anLabor-Meimad
Leon LitinetskyLabor-Meimad
Eli YishaiShasDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment
Yitzhak CohenShasMinister without Portfolio
Amnon CohenShasDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Meshulam NahariShasMinister without Portfolio
Ariel AtiasShasMinister of Communications
David AzulaiShas
Yitzhak VakninShas
Nissim Ze'evShas
Ya'akov MargiShas
Emil AmsalemShas
Avraham MichaeliShas
Mazor BahainaShas
Rafi EitanGilMinister of Retiree Affairs
Yaakov Ben-YezriGilMinister of Health
Yitzhak GalantiGilChairman, Committee on Labor, Welfare and Health
Yitzhak ZivGilDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Moshe SharoniGil
Sara MaromGil
Elhanan GlazerGilLeft party to establish The Right Way
Benjamin NetanyahuLikudChairman of the Opposition
Silvan ShalomLikud
Moshe KahlonLikud
Gilad ErdanLikud
Gideon Sa'arLikud
Michael EitanLikudChairman, State Control Committee
Reuven RivlinLikud
Yuval SteinitzLikud
Limor LivnatLikud
Yisrael KatzLikud
Haim KatzLikud
Yuli-Yoel EdelsteinLikudDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Avigdor LibermanYisrael Beiteinu
Israel HassonYisrael BeiteinuChairman, Economy Committee
Yosef ShagalYisrael Beiteinu
Esterina TartmanYisrael Beiteinu
Stas MisezhnikovYisrael Beiteinu
Sofa LandverYisrael BeiteinuChairwoman, Public Petitions Committee
Yitzhak AharonovichYisrael Beiteinu
Robert IlatovYisrael Beiteinu
Alex MillerYisrael Beiteinu
Lia ShemtovYisrael BeiteinuChairwoman, Committee on Advancing the Status of Women
David RotemYisrael BeiteinuDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Binyamin ElonNational Union-NRP
Zevulun OrlevNational Union-NRPChairman, Committee on Science and Technology
Zvi HendelNational Union-NRP
Effi EitamNational Union-NRP
Nissan SlomianskyNational Union-NRP
Yitzhak LeviNational Union-NRPDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Eliyahu GabaiNational Union-NRP
Aryeh EldadNational Union-NRP
Uri ArielNational Union-NRP
Yaakov LitzmanUnited Torah Judaism
Meir PorushUnited Torah Judaism
Moshe GafniUnited Torah Judaism
Shmuel HalpertUnited Torah Judaism
Uri MaklevUnited Torah Judaism
Yehoshua Menachem PollackUnited Torah Judaism
Haim OronMeretz-YachadChairman, Ethics Committee
Ran CohenMeretz-Yachad
Zehava Gal-OnMeretz-Yachad
Avshalom VilanMeretz-Yachad
Tzvia GreenfieldMeretz-Yachad
Ibrahim SarsurUnited Arab List
Ahmad TibiUnited Arab List
Taleb el-SanaUnited Arab List
Abbas ZakourUnited Arab List
Mohammad BarakehHadashDeputy Speaker of Knesset
Hana SweidHadash
Dov KheninHadash
Jamal ZahalkaBalad
Wasil TahaBalad
Said NafaBalad

Replacements

NamePartyReplaced byRemarks
Uriel ReichmanKadimaShai HermeshResigned on 20 April 2006 after the role of Minister of Education, promised to him by Ariel Sharon, was given to Labor.
LikudHaim KatzSharansky retired from politics and left the Knesset on 20 November 2006.
Yuri SternDavid RotemStern died of cancer on 16 January 2007.
Dan NavehLikudYuli-Yoel EdelsteinNaveh resigned to go into business on 27 February 2007.
Azmi BisharaBaladSaid NafaBishara resigned from the Knesset on 22 April 2007 due to a police investigation into his activities during the 2006 Lebanon War.
Shimon PeresKadimaIsaac Ben-IsraelPeres resigned from the Knesset following his election as president on 13 June 2007.
Shlomo BreznitzKadimaYohanan PlesnerBreznitz retired from politics and left the Knesset on 8 October 2007.
Avigdor YitzhakiKadimaShlomo MollaYitzhaki resigned from the Knesset on 7 February 2008 due to "serious doubts over Ehud Olmert's ability to lead the government in the wake of the Winograd Report".[1]
Shlomo BenizriShasMazor BahainaBenizri resigned from the Knesset on 27 April 2008 after being convicted of bribery.
Efraim SnehLaborShakhiv Shana'anSneh resigned from the Knesset on 28 May 2008 as he left Labor to found his own party.
Danny YatomLaborLeon LitinetskyYatom resigned from the Knesset on 30 June 2008 due to a lack of confidence in the government.
Ya'akov CohenUnited Torah JudaismUri MaklevCohen resigned from the Knesset due to a rotation agreement.
Yossi BeilinMeretz-YachadTzvia GreenfieldBeilin retired from politics and left the Knesset on 4 November 2008.
Avraham RavitzRavitz died on 26 January 2009.

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Notes and References

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