Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid
Lapid Shadow Cabinet | |
|---|---|
 Shadow Cabinet of Israel | |
| 2005 – 2006 | |
| Date formed | 3 January 2005 |
| People and organisations | |
| President | Moshe Katzav |
| Shadow Prime Minister | Tommy Lapid |
| Shadow Acting Prime Minister | Avraham Poraz |
| Prime Minister being shadowed | Ariel Sharon (30th Government) |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Opposition 15 / 120 (13%) |
| History | |
| Outgoing election | 2006 Israeli legislative election |
| Legislature term | 16th Knesset |
The Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid was created on 3 January 2005[1][2] following Shinui's withdrawal from the government in December 2004. Although the idea was considered before,[3] especially in the 1980s when Likud and the Israeli Labor Party formed large blocs in the Knesset, this was the first time a Shadow Cabinet was formed in Israel.
Shadow cabinet list
Personnel differences
The following members of the shadow cabinet were ex-ministers in the Sharon government on the day of Shinui's withdrawal:
- Tommy Lapid, who held the Justice portfolio in the Sharon government, held no shadow portfolio apart from that of Prime Minister (shadowing Sharon) and Vice Prime Minister (shadowing Shimon Peres).
- Avraham Poraz, who held the Interior portfolio in the Sharon government, was moved to shadow the communications and finance portfolios.
- Ilan Shalgi, who held the environmental protection portfolio in the Sharon government, retained it in the shadow cabinet, also gaining the defense portfolio.
- Eliezer Sandberg, who held the national infrastructure portfolio in the Sharon government, was moved to shadow the foreign affairs portfolio.
- Victor Brailovsky, who held the culture portfolio in the Sharon government, was moved to shadow the immigrant absorption portfolio.