Meretz - Knesset Members

Knesset	Knesset Members	Comments
12th Knesset (1988)	10 Seats: Ratz: Shulamit Aloni, Mordechai Virshubski, Ran Cohen, David Zucker, Yossi Sarid Mapam: Haim Oron, Hussein Faris, Yair Tzaban Shinui: Avraham Poraz, Amnon Rubinstein	The party was formed on March 9, 1992 with the union of Ratz, Mapam, & Shinui.
13th Knesset (1992)	12 Seats: Ratz: Shulamit Aloni, Ran Cohen, David Zucker, Yossi Sarid, Naomi Chazan, Binyamin Temkin Mapam: Haim Oron, Walid Haj Yahia, Yair Tzaban, Anat Maor Shinui: Avraham Poraz, Amnon Rubinstein
14th Knesset (1996)	9 Seats: Ratz: Naomi Chazan, Ran Cohen, David Zucker, Yossi Sarid Mapam: Haim Oron, Walid Haj Yahia, Anat Maor Shinui: Avraham Poraz, Amnon Rubinstein	In 1997, Ratz, Mapam, & Shinui formally merged and established the joint Meretz party. On January 17, 1999, Avraham Poraz left Meretz and reformed the Shinui party. On March 17, 1999, David Zucker left Meretz to form a single-member faction.
15th Knesset (1999)	10 Seats: Uzi Even, Haim Oron, Hussniya Jabara, Zahava Gal-On, Naomi Chazan, Ran Cohen, Anat Maor, Amnon Rubinstein, Mossi Raz, Yossi Sarid, Avshalom Vilan, Ilan Gilon	On February 25, 2000, Haim Oron resigned from the Knesset. Mossi Raz replaced him. On October 31, 2002, Amnon Rubinstein retired from the Knesset. Uzi Even replaced him.
16th Knesset (2003) as Meretz-Democratic Choice-Shahar	5 Seats (out of 6 in the combined list): Haim Oron, Zahava Gal-On, Avshalom Vilan, Ran Cohen, Yossi Sarid
17th Knesset (2006)	5 Seats: Yossi Beilin, Haim Oron, Ran Cohen, Zahava Gal-On, Avshalom Vilan, Tzvia Greenfeld	On November 4, 2009, Yossi Beilin retired from the Knesset. Tzvia Greenfeld replaced him.
18th Knesset (2009) as New Movement-Meretz	3 Seats: Haim Oron, Ilan Gilon, Nitzan Horowitz, Zahava Gal-On	On March 23, 2011, Haim Oron retried from the Knesset. Zahava Gal-On replaced him.

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