Thirty-sixth government of Israel

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The Thirty-sixth government of Israel was a short-lived coalition cabinet formed in 2021 that ended Benjamin Netanyahu’s long tenure and brought together diverse parties under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and later Yair Lapid.

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instanceOf coalition government
government of Israel
alsoKnownAs Bennett–Lapid government
alternatePrimeMinisterAtFormation Yair Lapid
coalitionAgreementIncludedRotation yes
coalitionIdeologicalRange right-wing to left-wing and Arab Islamist
coalitionMajorityAtSwearingIn 60–59 vote in the Knesset
country State of Israel
linked to: Israel
dateDissolved 2022-12-29
dateFormed 2021-06-13
defenseMinister Benny Gantz
endedTenureOf Benjamin Netanyahu
environmentalProtectionMinister Tamar Zandberg
excludedParty Likud
linked to: Likud party
financeMinister Avigdor Lieberman
followedBy Thirty-seventh government of Israel
foreignMinisterAtFormation Yair Lapid
formedAfterElection 2021 Israeli legislative election
healthMinister Nitzan Horowitz
includedParty Blue and White
Labor Party (Israel)
linked to: Israeli Labor Party

Meretz
New Hope
Raʿam (United Arab List)
Yamina
Yesh Atid
Yisrael Beiteinu
interiorMinister Ayelet Shaked
justiceMinister Gideon Sa’ar
legislatureStatus coalition government
legislatureTerm Twenty-fourth Knesset
mainOppositionLeader Benjamin Netanyahu
mainOppositionParty Likud
linked to: Likud party
numberOfMinistersAtFormation 27
numberOfPartiesInCoalition 8
precededBy Thirty-fifth government of Israel
presidentWhoTaskedFormation Reuven Rivlin
primeMinister Naftali Bennett
Yair Lapid
primeMinisterAtFormation Naftali Bennett
reasonNotable ended Benjamin Netanyahu’s uninterrupted premiership since 2009
first Israeli government to include an independent Arab party in the coalition
rotationPrimeMinisters Naftali Bennett
Yair Lapid
successorPrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu
supportedBy Raʿam (United Arab List)
transportationMinister Merav Michaeli
triggerForDissolution failure to pass West Bank emergency regulations and loss of majority
typeOfCabinet unity government

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Naftali Bennett headedGovernment Thirty-sixth government of Israel
Yamina coalitionParticipation thirty-sixth government of Israel
linked to: Thirty-sixth government of Israel