After getting his coalition agreements signed under the wire, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on motzei Shabbos made his way to the President’s Residence to present his cabinet as his 14-day extension mandate expired. The prime minister had to officially update the president as well as Knesset Speaker Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.

After receiving the green light from President Peres, it appears that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, the nation’s 33rd, will be sworn in on Monday, 7 Nissan 5773. Some of the positions in Likud have not yet been decided upon as seen in the list. Some of the deputy ministerial posts to be announced.

The Government: (Almost Final – pending approval of individual parties on Sunday)

Prime Minister: Binyamin Netanyahu

Foreign Minister: On hold for Avigdor Lieberman

Defense Minister: Moshe Ya’alon

Finance Minister: Yair Lapid

Justice Minister: Tzipi Livni

Industry & Trade: Naftali Bennett (expanded cabinet portfolio)

Education Minister: Rabbi Shai Piron

Housing Minister: Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi)

Public Security Minister: Yitzchak Aharonovich (Yisrael Beitenu)

Interior Minister: Gideon Saar or Gilad Erdan (Likud)

Communications, Sport & Culture, Negev & Galil Development Minister: Limor Livnat or Silvan Shalom (Likud)

Transportation Minister: Yisrael Katz (Likud)

Health Minister: Yael German (Yesh Atid)

Welfare Minister: Meir Cohen (Yesh Atid)

Agriculture Minister: Yair Shamir (Yisrael Beitenu)

Science Minister: Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid)

Environmental Minister: Amir Peretz (The Movement)

Senior Citizens Affairs Minister: Uri Orbach (Bayit HaYehudi)

Absorption Minister: Sofia Landver (Yisrael Beitenu)

Intelligence & Atomic Energy Minister: Dr. Yuval Steinitz (Likud)

Tourism Minister: Dr. Uzi Landau (Yisrael Beitenu)

Deputy Defense Minister: Ofer Shelah (Yesh Atid)

Deputy Religious Affairs Minister: Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan (Bayit HaYehudi)

Knesset Finance Committee Chair: Bayit HaYehudi

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)