Second government of Israel

{{Short description|1950–51 government led by David Ben-Gurion}}

{{Infobox government cabinet

|cabinet_name = Second Ben-Gurion Cabinet

|cabinet_number = 2nd

|jurisdiction = Israel

|flag = Flag of Israel.svg

|flag_border = true

|date_formed = {{Start date|1950|11|01|df=y}}

|date_dissolved = {{End date|1951|10|08|df=y}}

|government_head = David Ben-Gurion

|state_head =Chaim Weizmann

|image = File:Israel 2nd government.jpg

|caption = The second Israeli government at the president's house in Rehovot. Left to Right: Zeev Sharef (cabinet secretary), Ya'akov Geri, Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit, Pinhas Lavon, Dov Yosef, David Remez, President Chaim Weizmann, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, Yehuda Leib Maimon, Pinchas Rosen, Haim-Moshe Shapira, Yitzhak-Meir Levin.

|legislature_status = Coalition

|political_parties = Mapai
United Religious Front
Progressive Party
Sephardim and Oriental Communities
Democratic List of Nazareth

|previous = 1st cabinet of Israel

|successor = 3rd cabinet of Israel

|legislature_term = 1st knesset

|opposition_leader = Meir Ya'ari

}}

The second government of Israel was formed during the first Knesset. David Ben-Gurion made an attempt to form a minority government consisting of Mapai and Sephardim and Oriental Communities on 17 October, but it was not approved by the Knesset. Two days later President Chaim Weizmann asked Progressive Party leader Pinchas Rosen to form a government,[http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline4a.html 1950 timeline] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008003205/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline4a.html |date=2008-10-08 }} Jewish Agency for Israel but it was Ben-Gurion who finally managed to do so on 1 November 1950. The coalition partners were the same as in the first government: Mapai, the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the Sephardim and Oriental Communities and the Democratic List of Nazareth.

There was a slight reshuffle in the cabinet; David Remez moved from the Transportation ministry to Education, replacing Zalman Shazar (who was left out of the new cabinet), Dov Yosef replaced Remez as Minister of Transportation, whilst Pinhas Lavon replaced Yosef in as Minister of Agriculture. Ya'akov Geri was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry despite not being a Member of the Knesset. There was also a new Deputy Minister in the Transportation ministry.

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colspan=4|Second government of Israel
Portfolio !Minister !colspan=2|Party
Prime Minister Minister of Defense |David Ben-Gurion |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai
Minister of Agriculture |Pinhas Lavon |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai
rowspan="2" |Minister of Education and Culture |David Remez (1 November 1950 – 19 May 1951) | rowspan= "2" style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| | rowspan="2" |Mapai
David Ben-Gurion (19 May – 8 October 1951)
Minister of Foreign Affairs |Moshe Sharett |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai
Minister of Finance |Eliezer Kaplan |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai
Minister of Health Minister of Immigration Minister of Internal Affairs |Haim-Moshe Shapira |style="background:{{party color|United Religious Front}}| |United Religious Front
Minister of Justice |Pinchas Rosen |style="background:{{party color|Progressive Party (Israel)}}| |Progressive Party
Minister of Labour and Social Security |Golda Meir |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai
Minister of Police |Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit |style="background:{{party color|Sephardim and Oriental Communities}}| |Sephardim and Oriental Communities
Minister of Religions and War Victims |Yehuda Leib Maimon |style="background:{{party color|United Religious Front}}| |United Religious Front
Minister of Trade and Industry |Ya'akov Geri |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Not an MK
Minister of Transportation |Dov Yosef |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai
Minister of Welfare |Yitzhak-Meir Levin |style="background:{{party color|United Religious Front}}| |United Religious Front
Deputy Minister of Agriculture |Yosef Efrati | style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}" | |Mapai
Deputy Minister of Transportation |Reuven Shari |style="background:{{party color|Mapai}}| |Mapai

The government resigned on 14 February 1951 after the Knesset had rejected David Remez's proposals on the registration of schoolchildren. Elections were held on 30 July 1951.