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The following is a list of the Members of the 17th Knesset, elected on 28 March 2006 and inaugurated 4 May 2006, and their replacements.
Knesset Members
Blue indicates a party is a member of the governing coalition, whilst red indicates that the party is in opposition.
| Party | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Kadima (29) | Ehud Olmert | Prime Minister |
| Tzipi Livni | Acting Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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| Meir Sheetrit | Minister of the Interior | |
| Avi Dichter | Minister of Internal Security | |
| Marina Solodkin | ||
| Haim Ramon | Vice Prime Minister Minister in the Prime Minister's Office |
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| Shaul Mofaz | Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Transportation |
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| Tzachi Hanegbi | Chairman, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| Avraham Hirschson | ||
| Gideon Ezra | Minister of Environmental Affairs | |
| Roni Bar-On | Minister of Finance | |
| Dalia Itzik | Speaker of the Knesset | |
| Ze'ev Boim | Minister of Housing and Construction | |
| Yaakov Edri | Minister of Immigrant Absorption Minister of Negev and Galilee Development |
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| Ze'ev Elkin | ||
| Majalli Wahabi | Deputy Speaker of the Kenesset | |
| Ruhama Avraham | Minister without Portfolio responsible for Knesset liaison | |
| Menachem Ben-Sasson | Chairman, Committee on Law and Constitution | |
| Shlomo Breznitz | ||
| Eli Aflalo | ||
| David Tal | ||
| Avigdor Yitzhaki | ||
| Ronit Tirosh | ||
| Otniel Schneller | ||
| Michael Nudelman | Chairman, Committee on Immigration, Absorption and the Diaspora | |
| Amira Dotan | ||
| Yoel Hasson | ||
| Shai Hermesh | ||
| Yitzhak Ben Yisrael | ||
| Labour-Meimad (19) | Amir Peretz | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense |
| Isaac Herzog | Minister of Welfare | |
| Ophir Pines-Paz | Chairman, Committee on Interior Affairs and the Environment | |
| Avishay Braverman | ||
| Yuli Tamir | Minister of Education | |
| Ami Ayalon | Minister without Portfolio | |
| Eitan Cabel | ||
| Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Minister of National Infrastructure | |
| Shelly Yachimovich | Chairwoman, Committee on the Rights of the Child | |
| Michael Melchior | Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture and Sports | |
| Matan Vilnai | Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| Colette Avital | Deputy Speaker of Knesset | |
| Efraim Sneh | ||
| Dani Yatom | ||
| Nadia Hilou | ||
| Shalom Simhon | Minister of Agriculture | |
| Orit Noked | ||
| Yoram Marciano | ||
| Raleb Majadele | Minister of Science, Culture and Sports | |
| Shas (12) | Eli Yishai | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment |
| Yitzhak Cohen | Minister without Portfolio | |
| Amnon Cohen | Deputy Speaker of Knesset | |
| Meshulam Nahari | Minister without Portfolio | |
| Ariel Atias | Minister of Communications | |
| Shlomo Benizri | ||
| David Azulai | ||
| Yitzhak Vaknin | ||
| Nissim Ze'ev | ||
| Yaakov Margi | ||
| Emil Amsalem | ||
| Avraham Michaeli | ||
| Likud (12) | Binyamin Netanyahu | Chairman of the Opposition |
| Silvan Shalom | ||
| Moshe Kahlon | ||
| Gilad Erdan | Chairman, Economy Committee | |
| Gideon Sa'ar | Chairman, Committee on Advancing the Status of Women | |
| Michael Eitan | ||
| Reuven Rivlin | ||
| Yuval Steinitz | ||
| Limor Livnat | ||
| Israel Katz | ||
| Haim Katz | ||
| Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Deputy Speaker of Knesset | |
| Israel Beytenu (11) | Avigdor Liberman | Minister of Strategic Threats |
| Israel Hasson | ||
| Yosef Shagal | ||
| Esterina Tartman | ||
| Stas Misezhnikov | Chairman, Finance Committee | |
| Sofa Landver | Chairwoman, Public Petitions Committee | |
| Yitzhak Aharonovich | Minister of Tourism | |
| Robert Ilatov | ||
| Aleks Miler | ||
| Leah Shemtov | ||
| David Rotem | Deputy Speaker of Knesset | |
| National Union- National Religious Party (9) |
Binyamin Elon | |
| Zevulun Orlev | Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology; Chairman, State Control Committee | |
| Zvi Hendel | ||
| Efi Eitam | ||
| Nissan Slumianski | ||
| Yitzhak Levi | ||
| Eliyahu Gabai | ||
| Aryeh Eldad | ||
| Uri Ariel | ||
| Gil (7) | Rafi Eitan | Minister of Retiree Affairs |
| Yaakov Ben-Yezri | Minister of Health | |
| Moshe Sharoni | Chairman, Committee on Labor, Welfare and Health | |
| Yitzhak Ziv | Deputy Speaker of Knesset | |
| Yitzhak Galanti | ||
| Elchanan Glazer | ||
| Sara Marom | ||
| United Torah Judaism (6) | Yaakov Litzman | |
| Avraham Ravitz | ||
| Meir Porush | ||
| Moshe Gafni | ||
| Shmuel Halpert | ||
| Yaakov Cohen | ||
| Meretz-Yachad (5) | Yossi Beilin | |
| Haim Oron | Chairman, Ethics Committee | |
| Ran Cohen | ||
| Zehava Gal-On | ||
| Avshalom Vilan | ||
| United Arab List (4) | Ibrahim Sarsur | |
| Ahmad Tibi | Deputy Speaker of Knesset | |
| Taleb el-Sana | ||
| Abbas Zakour² | ||
| Hadash (3) | Mohammad Barakeh | |
| Hana Sweid | ||
| Dov Khenin | ||
| Balad (3) | Jamal Zahalka | |
| Wasil Taha | ||
| Said Nafa |
1 This title, called in Hebrew ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה (Memale Mekom Rosh HaMemshala, lit. Prime Minister's Place Filler), means Livni is first in line to replace the Prime Minister in case of incapacitation or death; it does not mean she currently exercises any Prime Ministerial duties.
² Labour have filed a law suit, alleging electoral fraud in several Arab settlements and requesting to grant it an additional seat at the expense of the United Arab List. If this suit proves successful, Zakour will be replaced with Labour's Shakib Shanan.
Former members of the 17th Knesset
| Name | Party | Replaced by | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uriel Reichman | Kadima | Shai Hermesh | Resigned on 20 April, 2006 after the role of Minister of Education, promised to him by Ariel Sharon, was given to Labour. |
| Natan Sharansky | Likud | Haim Katz | Sharansky retired from politics and left the Knesset on 20 November, 2006. |
| Yuri Stern | Israel Beytenu | David Rotem | Stern died of cancer on 16 January, 2007. |
| Dani Naveh | Likud | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Naveh resigned to go into business on 27 February, 2007. |
| Azmi Bishara | Balad | Said Nafa | Bishara resigned from the Knesset on 22 April, 2007 due to a police investigation into his activities during the 2006 Lebanon War. |
| Shimon Peres | Kadima | Isaac Ben-Israel | Peres resigned from the Knesset following his election as president on 13 June 2007. |
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