The Twenty-Seventh Government of Israel

(June 18, 1996- May 18, 1999)

Note: Ariel Sharon joined the government on 8.7.1996 as Minister of National Infrastructures.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, and Construction and Housing and Religion portfolios

Ezer Weizman, Seventh President

Limor Livnat, Minister of Communications;

Yitzhak Mordechai, Minister of Defense

Yaakov Neeman, Minister of Justice

Avigdor Kahalani, Minister of Public Security

Zevulun Hammer, Minister of Education and Cuture

David Levy, Foreign Minister

Dan Meridor, Minister of Finance

Binyamin Ze'ev Begin, Minister of Science and Technology

Eli Yishai, Minister of Labor and Welfare

Moshe Katsav, Minister of Tourism

Yitzhak Levy, Minister of Transport

Rafael Eitan, Minister of Agriculture and Environment

Natan Sharansky, Minister of Industry and Trade

Eli Suissa, Minister of Interior

Tzachi Hanegbi, Minister of Health

Yuli Edelstein, Minister of Immigrant Absorption

Danny Naveh, Cabinet Secretary