The second government of Israel was formed during the first Knesset.

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made an attempt to form a minority government consisting of

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and

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on 17 October, but it was not approved by the

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. Two days later

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Chaim Weizmann Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( ; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the World Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization and later as the first pre ...

asked Progressive Party leader Pinchas Rosen to form a government,1950 timeline
Jewish Agency for Israel but it was Ben-Gurion who finally managed to do so on 1 November 1950. The coalition partners were the same as in the first government:

, the United Religious Front, the Progressive Party, the

and the

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. There was a slight reshuffle in the cabinet; David Remez moved from the Transportation ministry to Education, replacing Zalman Shazar (who was left out of the new cabinet),

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replaced Remez as Minister of Transportation, whilst

Pinhas Lavon Pinhas Lavon (; 12 July 190424 January 1976) was an Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair. Early life Lavon was born Pinhas Lubianiker in the small city of Kopychyntsi in the Galicia region of Austria ...

replaced Yosef in as Minister of Agriculture. Ya'akov Geri was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry despite not being a Member of the Knesset. There was also a new Deputy Minister in the Transportation ministry. The government resigned on 14 February 1951 after the Knesset had rejected David Remez's proposals on the registration of schoolchildren.

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were held on 30 July 1951.

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