title: List of members of the seventeenth Knesset
text: # List of members of the seventeenth Knesset
  
  The following is a list of the members of the seventeenth Knesset, elected on 28 March 2006 and inaugurated 4 May 2006, and their replacements.
  
  ## Knesset members
  
  | Name | Party | Position |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ehud Olmert | Kadima | Prime Minister |
  | Tzipi Livni | Kadima | Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
  | Meir Sheetrit | Kadima | Minister of the Interior |
  | Avi Dichter | Kadima | Minister of Internal Security |
  | Marina Solodkin | Kadima |
  | Haim Ramon | Kadima | Vice Prime Minister, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office |
  | Shaul Mofaz | Kadima | Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Transportation |
  | Tzachi Hanegbi | Kadima | Chairman, Security and Foreign Affairs Committee |
  | Avraham Hirschson | Kadima | |
  | Gideon Ezra | Kadima | Minister of Environmental Affairs |
  | Roni Bar-On | Kadima | Minister of Finance |
  | Dalia Itzik | Kadima | Speaker of the Knesset |
  | Ze'ev Boim | Kadima | Minister of Housing and Construction |
  | Yaakov Edri | Kadima | Minister of Negev and Galilee Development |
  | Ze'ev Elkin | Kadima |
  | Majalli Wahabi | Kadima | Deputy Speaker of the Kenesset |
  | Ruhama Avraham | Kadima | Minister without Portfolio responsible for Knesset liaison, Minister of Tourism |
  | Menachem Ben-Sasson | Kadima | Chairman, Committee on Law and Constitution |
  | Eli Aflalo | Kadima | Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
  | David Tal | Kadima | Chairman, House Committee |
  | Ronit Tirosh | Kadima |
  | Otniel Schneller | Kadima | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Michael Nudelman | Kadima | Chairman, Committee on Immigration, Absorption and the Diaspora |
  | Amira Dotan | Kadima |
  | Yoel Hasson | Kadima |
  | Shai Hermesh | Kadima |
  | Yitzhak Ben Yisrael | Kadima |
  | Yohanan Plesner | Kadima |
  | Shlomo Mula | Kadima |
  | Amir Peretz | Labor-Meimad |
  | Isaac Herzog | Labor-Meimad | Minister of Welfare |
  | Ophir Pines-Paz | Labor-Meimad | Chairman, Committee on Interior Affairs and the Environment |
  | Avishay Braverman | Labor-Meimad | Chairman, Finance Committee |
  | Yuli Tamir | Labor-Meimad | Minister of Education |
  | Ami Ayalon | Labor-Meimad | Minister without Portfolio |
  | Eitan Cabel | Labor-Meimad | |
  | Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | Labor-Meimad | Minister of National Infrastructure |
  | Shelly Yachimovich | Labor-Meimad |
  | Michael Melchior | Labor-Meimad | Chairman, Committee on Education, Culture and Sports |
  | Matan Vilnai | Labor-Meimad | Deputy Minister of Defense |
  | Colette Avital | Labor-Meimad | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Nadia Hilou | Labor-Meimad | Chairwoman, Committee on the Rights of the Child |
  | Shalom Simhon | Labor-Meimad | Minister of Agriculture |
  | Orit Noked | Labor-Meimad |
  | Yoram Marciano | Labor-Meimad |
  | Raleb Majadele | Labor-Meimad | Minister of Science, Culture and Sports |
  | Shakhiv Shana'an | Labor-Meimad |
  | Leon Litinetsky | Labor-Meimad |
  | Eli Yishai | Shas | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment |
  | Yitzhak Cohen | Shas | Minister without Portfolio |
  | Amnon Cohen | Shas | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Meshulam Nahari | Shas | Minister without Portfolio |
  | Ariel Atias | Shas | Minister of Communications |
  | David Azulai | Shas |
  | Yitzhak Vaknin | Shas |
  | Nissim Ze'ev | Shas |
  | Ya'akov Margi | Shas |
  | Emil Amsalem | Shas |
  | Avraham Michaeli | Shas |
  | Mazor Bahaina | Shas |
  | Rafi Eitan | Gil | Minister of Retiree Affairs |
  | Yaakov Ben-Yezri | Gil | Minister of Health |
  | Yitzhak Galanti | Gil | Chairman, Committee on Labor, Welfare and Health |
  | Yitzhak Ziv | Gil | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Moshe Sharoni | Gil |
  | Sara Marom | Gil |
  | Elhanan Glazer | Gil | Left party to establish The Right Way |
  | Benjamin Netanyahu | Likud | Chairman of the Opposition |
  | Silvan Shalom | Likud |
  | Moshe Kahlon | Likud |
  | Gilad Erdan | Likud |
  | Gideon Sa'ar | Likud |
  | Michael Eitan | Likud | Chairman, State Control Committee |
  | Reuven Rivlin | Likud |
  | Yuval Steinitz | Likud |
  | Limor Livnat | Likud |
  | Yisrael Katz | Likud |
  | Haim Katz | Likud |
  | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Likud | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Avigdor Liberman | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Israel Hasson | Yisrael Beiteinu | Chairman, Economy Committee |
  | Yosef Shagal | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Esterina Tartman | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Stas Misezhnikov | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Sofa Landver | Yisrael Beiteinu | Chairwoman, Public Petitions Committee |
  | Yitzhak Aharonovich | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Robert Ilatov | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Alex Miller | Yisrael Beiteinu |
  | Lia Shemtov | Yisrael Beiteinu | Chairwoman, Committee on Advancing the Status of Women |
  | David Rotem | Yisrael Beiteinu | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Binyamin Elon | National Union-NRP |
  | Zevulun Orlev | National Union-NRP | Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology |
  | Zvi Hendel | National Union-NRP |
  | Effi Eitam | National Union-NRP |
  | Nissan Slomiansky | National Union-NRP |
  | Yitzhak Levi | National Union-NRP | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Eliyahu Gabai | National Union-NRP |
  | Aryeh Eldad | National Union-NRP |
  | Uri Ariel | National Union-NRP |
  | Yaakov Litzman | United Torah Judaism |
  | Meir Porush | United Torah Judaism |
  | Moshe Gafni | United Torah Judaism |
  | Shmuel Halpert | United Torah Judaism |
  | Uri Maklev | United Torah Judaism |
  | Yehoshua Menachem Pollack | United Torah Judaism |
  | Haim Oron | Meretz-Yachad | Chairman, Ethics Committee |
  | Ran Cohen | Meretz-Yachad |
  | Zehava Gal-On | Meretz-Yachad |
  | Avshalom Vilan | Meretz-Yachad |
  | Tzvia Greenfield | Meretz-Yachad |
  | Ibrahim Sarsur | United Arab List |
  | Ahmad Tibi | United Arab List |
  | Taleb el-Sana | United Arab List |
  | Abbas Zakour² | United Arab List |
  | Mohammad Barakeh | Hadash | Deputy Speaker of Knesset |
  | Hana Sweid | Hadash |
  | Dov Khenin | Hadash |
  | Jamal Zahalka | Balad |
  | Wasil Taha | Balad |
  | Said Nafa | Balad |
  
  $^1$ This title, in Hebrew ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה (Memale Mekom Rosh HaMemshala, lit. Prime Minister's Place Filler), means Livni was first in line to replace the Prime Minister in case of incapacitation or death; it does not mean she actually exercised any Prime Ministerial duties.
  
  ² Labour successfully filed a lawsuit, alleging electoral fraud in several Arab settlements and requesting an additional seat at the expense of the United Arab List. Zakour was replaced by Labour's Shakib Shanan.
  
  $^3$ Gil parliamentary group split in April 2008, with MKs Sharoni, Marom and Glazer forming the Justice for the Elderly faction. In October 2008, Sharoni and Marom reunited with Gil, leaving Glazer to form The Right Way parliamentary group.
  
  ### Replacements
  
  | Name | Party | Replaced by | Remarks |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Uriel Reichman | Kadima | Shai Hermesh | Resigned on 20 April 2006 after the role of Minister of Education, promised to him by Ariel Sharon, was given to Labour. |
  | Natan Sharansky | Likud | Haim Katz | Sharansky retired from politics and left the Knesset on 20 November 2006. |
  | Yuri Stern | Yisrael Beiteinu | David Rotem | Stern died of cancer on 16 January 2007. |
  | Dan Naveh | Likud | Yuli-Yoel Edelstein | Naveh resigned to go into business on 27 February 2007. |
  | Azmi Bishara | Balad | Said Nafa | Bishara resigned from the Knesset on 22 April 2007 due to a police investigation into his activities during the 2006 Lebanon War. |
  | Shimon Peres | Kadima | Yitzhak Ben Yisrael | Peres resigned from the Knesset following his election as president on 13 June 2007. |
  | Shlomo Breznitz | Kadima | Yohanan Plesner | Breznitz retired from politics and left the Knesset on 8 October 2007. |
  | Avigdor Yitzhaki | Kadima | Shlomo Mula | Yitzhaki resigned from the Knesset on 7 February 2008 due to "serious doubts over Ehud Olmert's ability to lead the government in the wake of the Winograd Report". |
  | Shlomo Benizri | Shas | Mazor Bahaina | Benizri resigned from the Knesset on 27 April 2008 after being convicted of bribery. |
  | Efraim Sneh | Labour | Shakhiv Shana'an | Sneh resigned from the Knesset on 28 May 2008 as he left Labour to found his own party. |
  | Danny Yatom | Labour | Leon Litinetsky | Yatom resigned from the Knesset on 30 June 2008 due to a lack of confidence in the government. |
  | Ya'akov Cohen | United Torah Judaism | Uri Maklev | Cohen resigned from the Knesset due to a rotation agreement. |
  | Yossi Beilin | Meretz-Yachad | Tzvia Greenfeld | Beilin retired from politics and left the Knesset on 4 November 2008. |
  | Avraham Ravitz | United Torah Judaism | Yehoshua Menachem Pollack | Ravitz died on 26 January 2009. |
  