Nineteenth government of Israel

Second Begin Cabinet

19th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed5 August 1981 (1981-08-05)
Date dissolved28 August 1983 (1983-08-28)
People and organisations
Head of stateYitzhak Navon (until 5 May 1983)
Chaim Herzog (from 5 May 1983)
Head of governmentMenachem Begin
Member partiesLikud
National Religious Party
Telem
Tami
Tehiya
Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism
Agudat Yisrael
Status in legislatureCoalition government
Opposition partyAlignment
Opposition leaderShimon Peres
History
Election1981
Legislature term10th Knesset
Predecessor18th Cabinet of Israel
Successor20th Cabinet of Israel

The Nineteenth government of Israel was formed by Menachem Begin on 5 August 1981, following the June elections. Begin included Likud, the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and Telem in his coalition, which held 63 of the 120 seats in the Knesset, and the cabinet had 17 ministers. On 26 August Tehiya joined the coalition, and the number of ministers rose to 18.

Begin resigned as Prime Minister in August 1983, and Yitzhak Shamir formed the twentieth government on 10 October, which held office until after the 1984 elections.