List of members of the first Knesset

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

Members of the Knesset

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-GurionPrime Minister, Minister of Defense
Shmuel Dayan
Ben-Zion Dinor
Hasya Drori
Yehiel Duvdevani
Yosef Efrati
Heshel FrumkinReplaced by Jenia Tversky on 5/2/1951
Shraga Goren
Akiva Govrin
Yisrael Guri
Eliyahu Hacarmeli
David Hacohen
Neta Harpaz
Avraham Herzfeld
Abba HushiReplaced by Baruch Osnia on 12/2/1951
Beba Idelson
Eliezer KaplanMinister of Finance, Minister of Trade and Industry
Yona Kesse
Yosef-Michael LammReplaced by Rafael Bash on 21/5/1951
Shlomo Lavi
Pinhas LavonMinister of Agriculture (second government)
Eliezer Livna
Ada Maimon
Golda MeirMinister of Labour and Social Security
Peretz Naftali
Dvora Netzer
David RemezMinister of Transportation (first government), Minister of Education and Culture (second government), replaced by Menachem Cohen on 19/5/1951
Moshe SharettMinister of Foreign Affairs
Zalman ShazarMinister of Education and Culture (first government)
Aryeh SheftelReplaced by Yisrael Yeshayahu on 12/2/1951
Reuven ShariDeputy Minister of Transportation (second government)
Yosef Sprinzak
Yizhar Smilansky
Yehudit SimhonitReplaced by Herzl Berger on 5/2/1951
Efraim Taburi
Avraham TavivReplaced by Yitzhak Kanav on 20/4/1950
Zvi Yehuda
Dov YosefMinister of Agriculture, Minister of Rationing and Supply (first government), Minister of Transportation (second government)
Mapam (19) Moshe Aram
Menachem Bader
Dov Bar-NirReplaced 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 TabenkinReplaced by David Livschitz on 12/4/1951
Meir Yaari
Aharon Zisling
United Religious Front (16) Yosef Burg
Moshe KelmerReplaced by Eliyahu Mazur on 11/3/1949
Eliyahu-Moshe Ganhovsky
Avraham-Yehuda Goldrat
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg
Kalman Kahana
Meir-David Levenstein
Yitzhak-Meir LevinMinister of Welfare
Yehuda Leib MaimonMinister of Religions and War Victims
Benjamin Mintz
Mordechai Nurock
David-Zvi Pinkas
Avraham-Haim Shag
Haim-Moshe ShapiraMinister 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 JabotinskyLeft the party to sit as an independent
Shmuel Katz
Hillel KookLeft 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 RosenMinister of Justice
Maki (4) Shmuel Mikunis
Eliezer PremingerLeft 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 SheetritMinister 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

MK Replaced Party Date
Eliyahu MazurMoshe KelmerUnited Religious Front11 March 1949
Yitzhak KanavAvraham TavivMapai20 April 1950
Herzl BergerYehudit SimhonitMapai5 February 1951
Jenia TverskyHeshel FrumkinMapai5 February 1951
Yisrael YeshayahuAryeh SheftelMapai12 February 1951
Baruch OsniaAbba HushiMapai12 February 1951
Menachem RatzonDov Bar-NirMapam10 April 1951
David LivschitzYitzhak TabenkinMapam12 April 1951
Menachem CohenDavid RemezMapai19 May 1951
Rafael BashYosef-Michael LammMapai21 May 1951

See also

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