Labor Chairman Ehud Barak has announced the ministerial positions to be manned by his party members in the Likud-led government.
Barak has determined that Binyamin Ben-Eliezer will serve as industry, trade, and labor minister, Shalom Simhon will serve as agriculture minister, Isaac Herzog will serve as welfare minister, Avishai Braverman will serve as minority affairs minister, and Matan Vilnai will continue to serve as deputy defense minister.