List of members of the first Knesset

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The 120 members of the first Knesset were elected on 25 January 1949. The breakdown by party was as follows:

Members of the Knesset[edit]

Party Name Note
Mapai (46) Meir Argov
Ami Assaf
Zalman Aran
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Aryeh Bahir
David Bar-Rav-Hai
Yosef Beretz
Haim Ben-Asher
David Ben-Gurion Prime Minister, Minister of Defense
Shmuel Dayan
Ben-Zion Dinor
Hasya Drori
Yehiel Duvdevani
Yosef Efrati
Heshel Frumkin Replaced by Jenia Tversky on 5/2/1951
Shraga Goren
Akiva Govrin
Yisrael Guri
Eliyahu Hacarmeli
David Hacohen
Neta Harpaz
Avraham Herzfeld
Abba Hushi Replaced by Baruch Osnia on 12/2/1951
Beba Idelson
Eliezer Kaplan Minister of Finance, Minister of Trade and Industry
Yona Kesse
Yosef-Michael Lamm Replaced by Rafael Bash on 21/5/1951
Shlomo Lavi
Pinhas Lavon Minister of Agriculture (second government)
Eliezer Livna
Ada Maimon
Golda Meir Minister of Labour and Social Security
Peretz Naftali
Dvora Netzer
David Remez Minister of Transportation (first government), Minister of Education and Culture (second government), replaced by Menachem Cohen on 19/5/1951
Moshe Sharett Minister of Foreign Affairs
Zalman Shazar Minister of Education and Culture (first government)
Aryeh Sheftel Replaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu on 12/2/1951
Reuven Shari Deputy Minister of Transportation (second government)
Yosef Sprinzak
Yizhar Smilansky
Yehudit Simhonit Replaced by Herzl Berger on 5/2/1951
Efraim Taburi
Avraham Taviv Replaced by Yitzhak Kanav on 20/4/1950
Zvi Yehuda
Dov Yosef Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Rationing and Supply (first government), Minister of Transportation (second government)
Mapam (19) Moshe Aram
Menachem Bader
Dov Bar-Nir Replaced by Menachem Ratzon on 10/4/1951
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda
Yitzhak Ben-Aharon
Mordechai Bentov
Yaakov Hazan
Yisrael Galili
Fayge Ilanit
Hannah Lamdan
Nahum Nir
Eliezer Peri
Berl Repetur
Ya'akov Riftin
Hanan Rubin
Moshe Sneh
Yitzhak Tabenkin Replaced by David Livschitz on 12/4/1951
Meir Yaari
Aharon Zisling
United Religious Front (16) Yosef Burg
Moshe Kelmer Replaced by Eliyahu Mazur on 11/3/1949
Eliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky
Avraham-Yehuda Goldrat
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg
Kalman Kahana
Meir-David Levenstein
Yitzhak-Meir Levin Minister of Welfare
Yehuda Leib Maimon Minister of Religions and War Victims
Benjamin Mintz
Mordechai Nurock
David-Zvi Pinkas
Avraham-Haim Shag
Haim-Moshe Shapira Minister of Health, Minister of Immigration, Minister of Internal Affairs
Moshe Unna
Zerach Warhaftig
Herut (14) Menachem Begin
Yohanan Bader
Aryeh Ben-Eliezer
Haim Cohen-Meguri
Uri-Zvi Greenberg
Ari Jabotinsky Left the party to sit as an independent
Shmuel Katz
Hillel Kook Left the party to sit as an independent
Haim Landau
Eliyahu Lankin
Yaakov Meridor
Shmuel Merlin
Avraham Rakanti
Esther Raziel-Naor
General Zionists (7) Peretz Bernstein
Ya'akov Gil
Ya'akov Klivnov
Shoshana Parsitz
Israel Rokach
Yosef Sapir
Yosef Serlin
Progressive Party (5) Idov Cohen
Yeshayahu Forder
Avraham Granot
Yizhar Harari
Pinchas Rosen Minister of Justice
Maki (4) Shmuel Mikunis
Eliezer Preminger Left to form the Hebrew Communists before joining Mapam
Tawfik Toubi
Meir Vilner
Sephardim & Oriental Communities (4) Moshe Ben-Ami
Eliyahu Eliashar
Avraham Elmalih
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Minister of Police
Democratic List of Nazareth (2) Seif-El-Din El-Zubi
Amin-Salim Jarjora
Fighters' List (1) Nathan Yellin-Mor
Yemenite Association (1) Zecharia Glosca
WIZO (1) Rachel Cohen-Kagan

Replacements[edit]

MK Replaced Party Date
Eliyahu Mazur Moshe Kelmer United Religious Front 11 March 1949
Yitzhak Kanav Avraham Taviv Mapai 20 April 1950
Herzl Berger Yehudit Simhonit Mapai 5 February 1951
Jenia Tversky Heshel Frumkin Mapai 5 February 1951
Yisrael Yeshayahu Aryeh Sheftel Mapai 12 February 1951
Baruch Osnia Abba Hushi Mapai 12 February 1951
Menachem Ratzon Dov Bar-Nir Mapam 10 April 1951
David Livschitz Yitzhak Tabenkin Mapam 12 April 1951
Menachem Cohen David Remez Mapai 19 May 1951
Rafael Bash Yosef-Michael Lamm Mapai 21 May 1951

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