The Cabinet Position Person Party Prime Minister Minister of Defense David Ben-Gurion Mapai Minister of Agriculture Pinhas Lavon Mapai Minister of Education and Culture David Remez Mapai Minister of Foreign Affairs Moshe Sharett Mapai Minister of Finance Eliezer Kaplan Mapai Minister of Health Minister of Immigration Minister of Internal Affairs Haim-Moshe Shapira United Religious Front Minister of Justice Pinchas Rosen Progressive Party Minister of Labour and Social Security Golda Meir Mapai Minister of Police Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Sephardim and Oriental Communities Minister of Religions and War Victims Yehuda Leib Maimon United Religious Front Minister of Trade and Industry Ya'akov Geri Not an MK Minister of Transportation Dov Yosef Mapai Minister of Welfare Yitzhak-Meir Levin United Religious Front Deputy Minister of Transportation Reuven Shari Mapai