a seat for his new party in the elections. Re-elected in 1955, 1959, 1961 and 1965 (by which time Mapai had merged into the Labour Alignment), Sheetrit retained his cabinet post under new prime ministers Moshe Sharett and Levi Eshkol. He stood down as Minister of Police on 2 January 1967 after more than 18 years as a minister and serving in fourteen different governments. He died 26 days later. References External links Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit in the Labor Movement in Israel website 1895 births 1967 deaths Sephardi Jews in Ottoman Palestine Sephardi Jews in Mandatory Palestine People from Tiberias Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni Israeli police officers 20th-century Israeli judges Signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence Sephardim and Oriental Communities leaders Mapai politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Ministers of Public Security of Israel Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965) Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969)