List of members of the eighteenth Knesset

The following is a list of the members of the 18th Knesset, elected on 10 February 2009.

Knesset members

Party	Name	Notes
Kadima (28)	Shaul Mofaz	Leader of the Opposition
	Dalia Itzik
	Roni Bar-On
	Meir Sheetrit
	Ruhama Avraham
	Marina Solodkin
	Yoel Hasson
	Yaakov Edri
	Ze'ev Bielski
	Ronit Tirosh
	Nahman Shai
	Shlomo Molla
	Robert Tiviaev
	Majalli Wahabi
	Rachel Adato
	Yohanan Plesner
	Shai Hermesh
	Yisrael Hasson
	Aryeh Bibi
	Otniel Schneller
	Orit Zuaretz
	Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich
	Nino Abesadze
	Doron Avital
	Avi Duan
	Yuval Tzelner
	Akram Hasoon
	Ahmed Dabbah
Likud (27)	Benjamin Netanyahu	Prime Minister
	Gideon Sa'ar	Education Minister
	Gilad Erdan	Environmental Protection Minister Prime Minister's Liaison to the Knesset
	Reuven Rivlin	Speaker of the Knesset
	Benny Begin	Minister without Portfolio
	Moshe Kahlon	Communications Minister
	Silvan Shalom	Vice Prime Minister Regional Development Minister
	Moshe Ya'alon	Vice Prime Minister Strategic Affairs Minister
	Yuval Steinitz	Finance Minister
	Lea Nass	Deputy Minister of Pensioner Affairs
	Yisrael Katz	Transportation Minister
	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein	Information and Diaspora Minister
	Limor Livnat	Culture and Sport Minister
	Haim Katz
	Michael Eitan	Improvement of Government Services Minister
	Dan Meridor	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy
	Tzipi Hotovely
	Gila Gamliel	Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office
	Ze'ev Elkin
	Yariv Levin
	Zion Pinyan
	Ayoob Kara	Deputy Development of the Negev and Galilee Minister
	Danny Danon
	Carmel Shama
	Ofir Akunis
	Miri Regev
	Alali Adamso
Yisrael Beiteinu (15)	Avigdor Liberman	Foreign Affairs Minister
	Uzi Landau	National Infrastructure Minister
	Stas Misezhnikov	Tourism Minister
	Yitzhak Aharonovich	Internal Security Minister
	Sofa Landver	Immigrant Absorption Minister
	Orly Levy
	Danny Ayalon	Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
	David Rotem
	Anastasia Michaeli
	Faina Kirschenbaum
	Robert Ilatov
	Hamad Amar
	Moshe Mutz Matlon
	Lia Shemtov
	Alex Miller
Shas (11)	Eli Yishai	Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Internal Affairs
	Ariel Atias	Minister of Housing and Construction
	Yitzhak Cohen	Deputy Minister of Finance
	Amnon Cohen
	Meshulam Nahari	Minister without Portfolio
	Ya'akov Margi	Minister of Religious Services
	David Azulai
	Yitzhak Vaknin
	Nissim Ze'ev
	Avraham Michaeli
	Haim Amsalem	Left party to sit as an independent
Labor Party (8)	Shelly Yachimovich	Briefly Leader of the Opposition
	Isaac Herzog
	Avishay Braverman
	Eitan Cabel
	Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
	Daniel Ben-Simon
	Raleb Majadele
	Yoram Marciano
Independence (5)	Ehud Barak	Defense Minister
	Matan Vilnai	Deputy Defense Minister
	Shalom Simhon	Minister of Agriculture
	Orit Noked	Deputy Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour
	Einat Wilf
United Torah Judaism (5)	Yaakov Litzman	Deputy Minister of Health
	Moshe Gafni
	Uri Maklev
	Eliezer Moses	Deputy Minister of Education
	Yisrael Eichler
National Union (4)	Ya'akov Katz
	Uri Ariel
	Aryeh Eldad
	Michael Ben-Ari
Hadash (4)	Mohammad Barakeh
	Hana Sweid
	Dov Khenin
	Afu Agbaria
United Arab List–Ta'al (4)	Ibrahim Sarsur
	Taleb el-Sana
	Masud Ghnaim
	Ahmad Tibi	Deputy Speaker
The Jewish Home (3)	Daniel Hershkowitz	Minister of Science and Technology
	Zevulun Orlev
	Uri Orbach
New Movement – Meretz (3)	Ilan Gilon
	Nitzan Horowitz
	Zehava Gal-On
Balad (3)	Jamal Zahalka
	Said Nafa
	Haneen Zoabi

Replacements

MK	Party	Replaced	Date	Notes
Yulia Shamalov-Berkovich	Kadima	Haim Ramon	2 July 2009	Ramon retired from politics to go into business
Einat Wilf	Labor Party	Ophir Pines-Paz	10 January 2010	Pines-Paz retired from politics
Raleb Majadele	Labor Party	Yuli Tamir	13 April 2010	Tamir retired from politics
Nino Abesadze	Kadima	Tzachi Hanegbi	9 November 2010	Hanegbi suspended following indictment
Yisrael Eichler	United Torah Judaism	Meir Porush	6 February 2011	Porush resigned as part of a seat rotation agreement.
Shachiv Shnaan	Labor Party	Matan Vilnai	14 February 2012	Vilnai resigned to become ambassador.
Doron Avital	Kadima	Ze'ev Boim	18 March 2011	Death of Boim
Zehava Gal-On	New Movement – Meretz	Haim Oron	25 March 2011	Oron resigned his seat
Avi Duan	Kadima	Eli Aflalo	25 January 2012	Aflalo resigned his seat
Yuval Tzelner	Kadima	Tzipi Livni	3 May 2012	Livni resigned her seat
Akram Hasoon	Kadima	Gideon Ezra	17 May 2012	Ezra died of cancer
Ahmed Dabbah	Kadima	Avi Dichter	16 August 2012	Dichter resigned to become a government minister
Alali Adamso	Likud	Yossi Peled	16 September 2012	Peled resigned his seat
Yoram Marciano	Labor Party	Amir Peretz	9 December 2012	Peretz resigned after he left the Labor Party to join Hatnuah

See also

• List of Likud Knesset members
• Arab members of the Knesset

External links

• Current Knesset Members of the Eighteenth Knesset Knesset website