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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Sidebar". This article lists the presidents of the Provisional State Council and Presidents of Israel since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.
The President of Israel is the de jure head of state of Israel. The position is largely an apolitical and ceremonial role, and is not considered a part of any Government Branch. The President's ceremonial roles include signing every law (except those pertaining to the President's powers) and international or bilateral treaty, ceremonially appointing the Prime Minister, confirming and endorsing the credentials of ambassadors, and receiving the credentials of foreign diplomats. The President also has several important functions in government. The President is the only government official with the power to pardon or commute prisoners. The President appoints the governor of the Bank of Israel, the president of the national emergency relief service Magen David Adom, and the members and leaders of several institutions. The President also ceremonially appoints judges to their posts after their selection.[1]
Presidents of the Provisional State Council (1948–1949)
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Mapai | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | General Zionists |
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization and Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
As President of the Provisional State Council, the interim legislative and executive authority that served until the formation of Israel's provisional government, Chaim Weizmann served as the de facto head of state until his election as President of Israel in 1949.
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Term of office | Political party (at time of appointment) | |||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1 | File:David Ben-Gurion (D597-087).jpg | David Ben-Gurion <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1886–1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 May 1948 | 16 May 1948 | Mapai | — | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:black;" | 2 | File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - President Chaim Weizmann.jpg | Chaim Weizmann <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1874–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 May 1948 | 17 February 1949 | General Zionists | — | |
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Presidents of Israel (1949–present)
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | General Zionists | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Mapai | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Alignment/Labor | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Likud | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Kadima | |||||
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term.
Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
| President | Elected (term)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
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| No. | Portrait | Name (Lifespan)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Political party (at time of appointment) | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color; color:black;" rowspan="2"| 1 | File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - President Chaim Weizmann.jpg | Chaim Weizmann <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1874–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
17 February 1949 | 25 November 1951 | General Zionists | 1949 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| 25 November 1951 | 9 November 1952[2] | 1951 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | – | File:Yosef Sprinzak.jpg | Yosef Sprinzak <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1885–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
9 November 1952 | 16 December 1952 | Mapai | – | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan="3"| 2 | File:Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.jpg | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1884–1963)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
16 December 1952 | 30 October 1957[2] | Mapai | 1952 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| 30 October 1957 | 30 October 1962 | 1957 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |||||
| 30 October 1962 | 23 April 1963[3] | 1962 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | – | File:Kadish Luz.jpg | Kadish Luz <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1895–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 April 1963 | 21 May 1963 | Mapai | – | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan="2"| 3 | File:Portrait of Zalman Shazar.jpg | Zalman Shazar <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1889–1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
21 May 1963 | 26 March 1968 | Mapai | 1963 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| 26 March 1968 | 24 May 1973 | 1968 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4 | File:Ephraim Katzir visited the Tel Aviv Wax Museum (cropped).jpg | Ephraim Katzir <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1916–2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 May 1973 | 29 May 1978 | Alignment LaborScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1973 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5 | File:Portrait of MP Yitzhak Navon.jpg | Yitzhak Navon <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1921–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 May 1978 | 5 May 1983 | Alignment LaborScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1978 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan="2"| 6 | File:Chaim Herzog (00370035).jpg | Chaim Herzog <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1918–1997)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 May 1983 | 23 February 1988 | Alignment LaborScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1983 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| 23 February 1988 | 13 May 1993 | 1988 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" rowspan="2"| 7 | File:Ezer Weizman 9.jpg | Ezer Weizman <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1924–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 May 1993 | 4 March 1998 | Labor | 1993 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| 4 March 1998 | 13 July 2000[4] | 1998 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | – | File:Avraham Burg by David Shankbone.jpg | Avraham Burg <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13 July 2000 | 1 August 2000 | One Israel LaborScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8 | File:Moshe Katsav (00310100).jpg | Moshe Katsav <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 August 2000 | 1 July 2007[5][6] | Likud | 2000 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | – | File:Dalya Itzik 1.png | Dalia Itzik <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 July 2007 | 15 July 2007 | Kadima | – | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9 | File:Shimon Peres official portrait, 2007.jpg | Shimon Peres <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (1923–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
15 July 2007 | 24 July 2014 | Kadima | 2007 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 10 | File:Reuven Rivlin as the president of Israel.jpg | Reuven Rivlin <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (born 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
24 July 2014 | 7 July 2021 | Likud | 2014 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11 | File:Isaac Herzog, July 2021 (D1233-049).JPG | Isaac Herzog <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />Script error: No such module "Lang". (born 1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
7 July 2021 | (Term expires in 2028)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Labor | 2021 (Script error: No such module "Ordinal".) | |
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Notes
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ David Ben-Gurion preceded Weizmann as Chairman of Provisional State Council, a position which he held from 14 to 16 or 17 May 1948. Weizmann's position remained as Chairman of Provisional State Council until 17 February 1949, when he was declared President by the first Knesset. Upon Weizmann's death on 9 November 1952, Knesset Speaker Yosef Sprinzak took over as Acting President of Israel until the inauguration of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Upon Ben-Zvi's death on 23 April 1963, Knesset Speaker Kadish Luz took over as Acting President of Israel until the appointment of Zalman Shazar.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ After Weizman resigned from the presidency, Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg took over as Acting President of Israel until the appointment of Moshe Katsav.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ After Katsav began a leave of absence due to police investigations on 25 January 2007, Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik took over as Acting President of Israel. She continued in this role after Katsav's resignation came into effect on 1 July 2007 until Shimon Peres's inauguration on 15 July.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Majalli Wahabi served as Acting President while Dalia Itzik was travelling to the United States. He thus become the first Druze and non-Jew to serve as Acting President of Israel.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Timeline
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Main biographical data
See also
References
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External links
- The official website of the President's Office, data about former presidents
- List of Israeli presidentsTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".