List of members of the seventeenth Knesset
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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
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|Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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|Minister of Internal Security
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|Vice Prime Minister, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
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|Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transportation
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|Chairman, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee
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|Minister of Environmental Affairs
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|Minister of Housing and Construction
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|Minister of Negev and Galilee Development
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|Deputy Speaker of the Kenesset
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|Minister without Portfolio responsible for Knesset liaison, Minister of Tourism
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|Chairman, Committee on Law and Constitution
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|Minister of Immigrant Absorption
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|Chairman, House Committee
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|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Chairman, Committee on Immigration, Absorption and the Diaspora
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|Minister of Welfare
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|Chairman, Committee on Interior Affairs and the Environment
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|Chairman, Finance Committee
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|Minister of Education
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|Minister of National Infrastructure
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|Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture and Sports
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|Deputy Minister of Defense
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|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Chairwoman, Committee on the Rights of the Child
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|Minister of Science, Culture and Sports
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|Shas
|Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment
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|Shas
|Minister without Portfolio
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|Shas
|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Shas
|Minister without Portfolio
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|Shas
|Minister of Communications
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|Shas
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|Shas
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|Shas
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|Shas
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|Shas
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|Shas
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|Shas
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|Gil{{efn|The Gil parliamentary group split in April 2008, with MKs Sharoni, Marom and Glazer forming the Justice for the Elderly faction. In October 2008, Sharoni and Marom reunited with Gil, leaving Glazer to form The Right Way parliamentary group.}}
|Minister of Retiree Affairs
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|Gil
|Minister of Health
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|Gil
|Chairman, Committee on Labor, Welfare and Health
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|Gil
|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Gil
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|Gil
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|Gil
|Left party to establish The Right Way
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|Chairman of the Opposition
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|Chairman, State Control Committee
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|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Chairman, Economy Committee
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|Chairwoman, Public Petitions Committee
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|Chairwoman, Committee on Advancing the Status of Women
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|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology
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|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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|Chairman, Ethics Committee
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|Abbas Zakour{{efn|Labor successfully filed a lawsuit, alleging electoral fraud in several Arab settlements and requesting an additional seat at the expense of the United Arab List. Zakour was replaced by Labor's Shakib Shanan.}}
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|Deputy Speaker of Knesset
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=Replacements=
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!Name
!Party
!Replaced by
!Remarks
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|Resigned on 20 April 2006 after the role of Minister of Education, promised to him by Ariel Sharon, was given to Labor.
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|{{nowrap|Natan Sharansky}}
|Sharansky retired from politics and left the Knesset on 20 November 2006.
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|{{nowrap|Yisrael Beiteinu}}
|Stern died of cancer on 16 January 2007.
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|Naveh resigned to go into business on 27 February 2007.
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|Bishara resigned from the Knesset on 22 April 2007 due to a police investigation into his activities during the 2006 Lebanon War.
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|Peres resigned from the Knesset following his election as president on 13 June 2007.
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|Breznitz retired from politics and left the Knesset on 8 October 2007.
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|Yitzhaki 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".[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1202246347547&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Knesset to swear in 2nd Ethiopian MK] Jerusalem Post, 8 February 2008
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|Shas
|Benizri resigned from the Knesset on 27 April 2008 after being convicted of bribery.
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|Sneh resigned from the Knesset on 28 May 2008 as he left Labor to found his own party.
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|Yatom resigned from the Knesset on 30 June 2008 due to a lack of confidence in the government.
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|Cohen resigned from the Knesset due to a rotation agreement.
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|Beilin retired from politics and left the Knesset on 4 November 2008.
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|{{nowrap|United Torah Judaism}}
|{{nowrap|Yehoshua Menachem Pollack}}
|Ravitz died on 26 January 2009.
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See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkdetails_eng.asp All past and present members] Knesset website {{in lang|en}}
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