Twenty-second government of Israel

Second Shamir Cabinet

22nd Cabinet of Israel
Date formed20 October 1986 (1986-10-20)
Date dissolved22 December 1988 (1988-12-22)
People and organisations
Head of stateChaim Herzog
Head of governmentYitzhak Shamir
Member partiesLikud
Alignment
Shinui (until 26 May 1987)
Shas
National Religious Party
Ometz
Agudat Yisrael
Status in legislatureNational Unity Rotation government
Opposition leaderYuval Ne'eman
History
Legislature term11th Knesset
Predecessor21st Cabinet of Israel
Successor23rd Cabinet of Israel

The twenty-second government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 20 October 1986. Shamir replaced Shimon Peres of the Alignment as Prime Minister as part of a rotation deal within the national unity coalition between the two parties.[1] The only other change to the coalition was that the one-seat Morasha faction was not included, with the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Shas, Shinui and Ometz remaining part of the government, although Shinui left on 26 May 1987.

The government held office until 22 December 1988, when the twenty-third government was formed, following the November 1988 elections.

  1. ^ 1986 timeline Archived 2007-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Jewish Agency for Israel