Date formed 4 May 2006 Head of government Ehud Olmert | Date dissolved 31 March 2009 Status in legislature Coalition | |
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Head of state Moshe Katsav (until 1 July 2007)
Shimon Peres (since 1 July 2007) Member party Kadima
Labor Party
Shas
Gil
Yisrael Beiteinu (November 2006 - 16 January 2008) | ||
The thirty-first government of Israel was formed by Ehud Olmert on 4 May 2006, following Kadima's victory in the March elections. His coalition initially included the Labor Party, Shas and Gil, and held 67 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. The 11-seat Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition in November 2006, but left on 16 January 2008 in protest at peace talks with the Palestinian National Authority. With the inclusion of the Labor Party's Raleb Majadele as a Minister without Portfolio on 29 January 2007, it became the first Israeli cabinet to have a Muslim minister.
The government held office until Binyamin Netanyahu formed the thirty-second government on 31 March 2009, following the February elections.
Cabinet members
1 Peres left office when elected President.
2 Barak replaced Peretz when he defeated him in the party leadership election.
3 Pines-Paz resigned from the government in protest at the inclusion of Yisrael Beiteinu.