Nineteenth government of Israel

Second Begin Cabinet
19th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	5 August 1981 (1981-08-05)
Date dissolved	28 August 1983 (1983-08-28)
People and organisations
Head of state	Yitzhak Navon (until 5 May 1983) Chaim Herzog (from 5 May 1983)
Head of government	Menachem Begin
Member parties	Likud National Religious Party Telem Tami Tehiya Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism Agudat Yisrael
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition party	Alignment
Opposition leader	Shimon Peres
History
Election	1981
Legislature term	10th Knesset
Predecessor	18th Cabinet of Israel
Successor	20th 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.

¹ Died in office.

² Although Arens was not an MK at the time, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Likud list.

³ Berman resigned from the government due to its attitude towards the Kahan Commission.^[1]

³ Abuhatzira resigned from the government after being convicted of larceny, breach of trust and fraud.^[2]

• Tenth Knesset: Government 19 Knesset website