Twentieth government of Israel

First Shamir Cabinet
20th Cabinet of Israel
Date formed	10 October 1983 (1983-10-10)
Date dissolved	13 September 1984 (1984-09-13)
People and organisations
Head of state	Chaim Herzog
Head of government	Yitzhak Shamir
Member parties	Likud National Religious Party Tami Tehiya Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism Agudat Yisrael
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition party	Alignment
Opposition leader	Shimon Peres
History
Legislature term	10th Knesset
Predecessor	19th Cabinet of Israel
Successor	21st Cabinet of Israel

The twentieth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Shamir of Likud on 10 October 1983, following the resignation of Prime Minister Menachen Begin on 28 August.^[1]

Shamir kept the same coalition partners as the previous government, i.e. the National Religious Party, Agudat Yisrael, Tami and the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism. The coalition held 62 of the 120 seats in the Knesset. All ministers kept their roles from the previous government, with the only changes being that Shamir replaced Begin as Prime Minister (whilst keeping the Foreign Affairs portfolio), Pesah Grupper being promoted from Deputy Minister of Agriculture (also replacing Begin, who had held the portfolio before), Mordechai Tzipori losing his Deputy Minister of Defense role, and Yehuda Ben-Meir becoming Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The government held office until 13 September the following year, when the twenty-first government was formed following the July 1984 elections.

Israeli government formation, 1983

← 1981 10 October 1983 1984 →

Nominee Yitzhak Shamir Shimon Peres Party Likud Alignment Electoral vote 62 58 Percentage 51.7% 48.3%

Prime Minister before election Menachem Begin Likud Elected Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir Likud

¹ Although Arens was not an MK at the time, he had been elected to the Knesset on the Likud list.

• Eighth Knesset: Government 20 Knesset website