The Shadow Cabinet of Tommy Lapid was created on 3 January 2005 following Shinui's withdrawal from the government in December 2004. Although the idea was considered before, 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.
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