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vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_affiliation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Political affiliation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political_affiliation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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Available in 43 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-43" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">43 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84" title="رئيس إسرائيل – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رئيس إسرائيل" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0srail_Prezidenti" title="İsrail Prezidenti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İsrail Prezidenti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="ইসরায়েলের রাষ্ট্রপতি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইসরায়েলের রাষ্ট্রপতি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%86%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Прэзідэнт Ізраіля – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Прэзідэнт Ізраіля" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%86%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8E" title="Прэзыдэнт Ізраілю – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Прэзыдэнт Ізраілю" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="Президент на Израел – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Президент на Израел" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_d%27Israel" title="President d'Israel – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="President d'Israel" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezident_Izraele" title="Prezident Izraele – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Prezident Izraele" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlywydd_Israel" title="Arlywydd Israel – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Arlywydd Israel" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staatspr%C3%A4sident_(Israel)" title="Staatspräsident (Israel) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Staatspräsident (Israel)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%99%CF%83%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB" title="Πρόεδρος του Κράτους του Ισραήλ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρόεδρος του Κράτους του Ισραήλ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Israel" title="Presidente de Israel – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Presidente de Israel" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezidanto_de_Israelo" title="Prezidanto de Israelo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Prezidanto de Israelo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%E2%80%8C%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84" title="رئیس‌جمهور اسرائیل – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رئیس‌جمهور اسرائیل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9sident_de_l%27%C3%89tat_d%27Isra%C3%ABl" title="Président de l'État d'Israël – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Président de l'État d'Israël" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaghtyrane_Israel" title="Eaghtyrane Israel – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Eaghtyrane Israel" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Israel" title="Presidente de Israel – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Presidente de Israel" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%EB%9D%BC%EC%97%98_%EB%8C%80%ED%86%B5%EB%A0%B9" title="이스라엘 대통령 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이스라엘 대통령" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BD%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%B0" title="Իսրայելի նախագահ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իսրայելի նախագահ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="इज़राइल के राष्ट्रपति – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="इज़राइल के राष्ट्रपति" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forseti_%C3%8Dsraels" title="Forseti Ísraels – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Forseti Ísraels" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C" title="נשיא מדינת ישראל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נשיא מדינת ישראל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7" title="इस्रायलचे राष्ट्राध्यक्ष – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इस्रायलचे राष्ट्राध्यक्ष" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ისრაელიშ პრეზიდენტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ისრაელიშ პრეზიდენტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A9_%D8%B1%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84" title="ليستة رؤسا اسرائيل – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ليستة رؤسا اسرائيل" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presiden_Israel" title="Presiden Israel – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Presiden Israel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%B5%D1%80%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D0%B3%D1%87" title="Израилын ерөнхийлөгч – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Израилын ерөнхийлөгч" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%A7%E7%B5%B1%E9%A0%98" title="イスラエルの大統領 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イスラエルの大統領" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israels_president" title="Israels president – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Israels president" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prezydent_Izraela" title="Prezydent Izraela – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prezydent Izraela" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F" title="Президент Израиля – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Президент Израиля" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidenti_i_Izraelit" title="Presidenti i Izraelit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Presidenti i Izraelit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" 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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;">President of the State of Israel</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">נשיא מדינת ישראל</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">رئيس دولة إسرائيل</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidential_Standard_of_IsraelSquare.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Presidential_Standard_of_IsraelSquare.svg/100px-Presidential_Standard_of_IsraelSquare.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="101" class="mw-file-element" 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HaNassi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Seven years,<br />non renewable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Constituting instrument</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Israel" title="Basic Laws of Israel">Constitution of Israel</a> (1950)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inaugural holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann" title="Chaim Weizmann">Chaim Weizmann</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">16 February 1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Knesset_speakers" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Knesset 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title="Israel">Israel</a>. The president is mostly, though not entirely, ceremonial; actual executive power is vested in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Israel" title="Cabinet of Israel">cabinet</a> led by the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">prime minister</a>. The incumbent president is <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Herzog" title="Isaac Herzog">Isaac Herzog</a>, who took office on 7 July 2021. Presidents are elected by the <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a> for a single seven-year term. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election">Election</h2></div> <p>The President of Israel is elected by an <a href="/wiki/Majority" title="Majority">absolute majority</a> in the Knesset, by <a href="/wiki/Secret_ballot" title="Secret ballot">secret ballot</a>. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the first or second round of voting, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated in each subsequent round, if needed until only two remain.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1949 to 2000, the president was elected for a five-year term, and was allowed to serve up to two terms in office. Since 2000, the president serves a single seven-year term. </p><p>Any Israeli resident citizen is eligible to run for president; as there is no minimum age of candidacy, this would even allow a minor to hypothetically be elected. An age limit of 40 was considered, but rejected by the Knesset as unnecessary. The office falls vacant upon completion of a term, death, resignation, or the decision of three-quarters of the Knesset to remove the president on grounds of misconduct or incapacity. Presidential tenure is not keyed to that of the Knesset, in order to assure continuity in government and the non-partisan character of the office. There is no <a href="/wiki/Vice_president" title="Vice president">vice president</a> in the Israeli governmental system. If the president is temporarily incapacitated, or leaves office, the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Knesset" title="Speaker of the Knesset">speaker of the Knesset</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Acting_(law)" title="Acting (law)">acting</a> president. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1949_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1949 Israeli presidential election">first presidential election</a> took place on 16 February 1949, and the winner was <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann" title="Chaim Weizmann">Chaim Weizmann</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1951_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1951 Israeli presidential election">second</a> took place in 1951, as at the time presidential terms were linked to the length of the Knesset term (the <a href="/wiki/1949_Israeli_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election">first Knesset</a> lasted only two years). <a href="/wiki/1952_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1952 Israeli presidential election">Another election</a> took place the following year after Weizmann's death. </p><p>Since then, elections have been held in <a href="/wiki/1957_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1957 Israeli presidential election">1957</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1962 Israeli presidential election">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1963 Israeli presidential election">1963</a> (an early election following <a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Ben-Zvi" title="Yitzhak Ben-Zvi">Yitzhak Ben-Zvi</a>'s death), <a href="/wiki/1968_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1968 Israeli presidential election">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1973 Israeli presidential election">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1978 Israeli presidential election">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1983 Israeli presidential election">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1988 Israeli presidential election">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1993 Israeli presidential election">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Israeli_presidential_election" title="1998 Israeli presidential election">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Israeli_presidential_election" title="2000 Israeli presidential election">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Israeli_presidential_election" title="2007 Israeli presidential election">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Israeli_presidential_election" title="2014 Israeli presidential election">2014</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2021_Israeli_presidential_election" title="2021 Israeli presidential election">2021</a>. Six elections (1951, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1978, and 1988) have taken place with no opposition candidate, although a vote was still held. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Herzog" title="Isaac Herzog">Isaac Herzog</a> was <a href="/wiki/2021_Israeli_presidential_election" title="2021 Israeli presidential election">elected 11th President on 2 June 2021</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His term started on 9 July.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers_and_responsibilities">Powers and responsibilities</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/220px-Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/330px-Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/440px-Office_of_the_President_of_Israel_by_David_Shankbone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Office of the President of Israel (2007)</figcaption></figure> <p>The president's fundamental role within the machinery of Israel's <a href="/wiki/Uncodified_constitution" title="Uncodified constitution">uncodified constitution</a> is to "...stand at the head of the State", representing the state of Israel abroad and fostering national unity at home.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this capacity, the president personifies the Israeli state, sanctions the decisions of legitimate constitutional authorities, and guarantees the execution of the public will.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Put another way, the presidency serves as a national symbol that seeks to reinforce the core values of the state and to give a voice to the diversity of Israeli society in the performance of its official functions.<sup id="cite_ref-The_institution_of_the_presidency_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_institution_of_the_presidency-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In these respects, the powers of the president of Israel are generally equivalent to those held by heads of state in other parliamentary democracies and are largely dictated by <a href="/wiki/Basic_Laws_of_Israel" title="Basic Laws of Israel">Basic Law: The Presidency</a>, which was passed in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Function_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Function-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Basic Law: The Government also makes provision for the powers of the president in relation to Government formation.<sup id="cite_ref-Function_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Function-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, unlike heads of state in most other parliamentary republics, the president is not the <i>nominal</i> chief executive. Rather, <a href="/wiki/Basic_Law:_The_Government" title="Basic Law: The Government">Basic Law: The Government</a> explicitly vests executive power in the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Israel" title="Cabinet of Israel">Government</a> (as the Cabinet is officially called), with the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="Prime Minister of Israel">prime minister</a> as its head.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, most presidential powers are either exercised in accordance with the strictures of the Basic Laws or on the binding <a href="/wiki/Advice_(constitutional_law)" title="Advice (constitutional law)">advice</a> of the Government. Indeed, most presidential acts require the countersignature of the prime minister or another minister designated thereby to have legal effect.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Correspondingly, the presidency occupies a largely ceremonial role in the conduct of state business. Nevertheless, these constitutional limitations do not extend to the exercise of those discretionary functions comprising the president's <a href="/wiki/Reserve_power" title="Reserve power">reserve powers</a>. </p><p>The presidency enjoys <a href="/wiki/Sovereign_immunity" title="Sovereign immunity">immunity</a> from both civil suit and criminal prosecution.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the president is <a href="/wiki/Sacrosanctity" title="Sacrosanctity">inviolable</a> before the courts of law for any matter concerned with the performance of his or her official functions. The purpose of this substantive immunity is to guarantee the institutional independence of the president from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.<sup id="cite_ref-The_institution_of_the_presidency_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_institution_of_the_presidency-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This arrangement effectively makes the presidency – in the words of one constitutional scholar – Israel's "fourth branch of government", allowing successive presidents to exercise nonpartisan influence (as opposed to party-political policymaking power) in their dealings with politicians, to assure the continuity and stability of state institutions, and to hold dialogue with the public on various charitable causes and issues of national import.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Routine_functions">Routine functions</h3></div> <p>The president signs bills passed by the Knesset into law, except those bills that pertain to the president's powers, and ratifies international or bilateral treaties approved by the Knesset.<sup id="cite_ref-Function_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Function-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Acting on the advice of the Government, the president is also charged with <a href="/wiki/Letter_of_credence" title="Letter of credence">endorsing the credentials</a> of Israeli ambassadors abroad and <a href="/wiki/Agr%C3%A9ment" title="Agrément">receiving the credentials</a> of foreign diplomats to Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, the president is responsible for appointing a wide array of public officials, including judges, the governor of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Israel" title="Bank of Israel">Bank of Israel</a>, the president of <a href="/wiki/Magen_David_Adom" title="Magen David Adom">Magen David Adom</a>, the president of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities" title="Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities">Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities</a>, and members of the Council on Higher Education, the National Academy of Science, the Broadcasting Authority, the Authority to Rehabilitate Prisoners, the Chief Rabbinical Council and the <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Foundation" title="Wolf Foundation">Wolf Foundation</a>. Judges are appointed by the president pursuant to the nominations of the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Selection_Committee_(Israel)" title="Judicial Selection Committee (Israel)">Judicial Selection Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All other presidential appointments are made on the advice of the Government.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reserve_powers">Reserve powers</h3></div> <p>In addition to routine functions exercised on the advice of the Government or in accordance with the strictures of the Basic Laws, the president enjoys personal discretion in matters of Government formation, parliamentary dissolution, and granting pardons. These functions comprise the reserve powers of the presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Formation_of_the_Government">Formation of the Government</h4></div> <p>The president's most important power, in practice, is to lead the process of forming a Government. Israel's <a href="/wiki/Israeli_system_of_government#Electoral_system" title="Israeli system of government">electoral system</a> and <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Israel#Political_parties_and_elections" title="Politics of Israel">fractured political landscape</a> make it all but impossible for one party to govern alone, let alone win an outright majority of Knesset seats. After each election, the president consults with party leaders to determine who is most likely to command a majority in the Knesset. Following such consultations, the president assigns a Knesset member the task of forming a Government. If the nominee is successful in forming a Government that can command the confidence of the Knesset, then said Knesset member becomes the <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" title="Prime minister">prime minister</a>. If a nominee fails to form a Government, then the president assigns the task anew. If a government is not formed within the timeframe stipulated in <a href="/wiki/Basic_Law:_The_Government" title="Basic Law: The Government">Basic Law: The Government</a>, then the president dissolves the Knesset and calls for fresh elections.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dissolution_of_the_Knesset">Dissolution of the Knesset</h4></div> <p>The prime minister may request, by virtue of section 29 (a) of Basic Law: The Government, that the president dissolve the Knesset whenever the Government has lost its majority and is incapable of functioning.<sup id="cite_ref-Function_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Function-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The president may refuse such a request, effectively dismissing the prime minister from office and triggering the resignation of the Government.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exercise of this authority by the president serves to prevent a prime minister from <a href="/wiki/Abuse_of_power" title="Abuse of power">abusing their power</a> – namely, beating the Knesset into submission through multiple <a href="/wiki/Snap_election" title="Snap election">snap elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Presidential_clemency">Presidential clemency</h4></div> <p>The president has broad power to pardon, reduce, or commute the sentences of both soldiers and civilians, including to refuse requests for such clemency.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The president reaches a decision regarding the prerogative of clemency at his or her own discretion, after receiving information from the applicants, requesting the opinion of other parties, and consulting the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Israel)" title="Ministry of Justice (Israel)">minister of justice</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Israel)" title="Ministry of Defense (Israel)">minister of defense</a>, as the case may be. Each Israeli president adopts a different approach to how they handle clemency, which influences their decision making.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h3></div> <p>The president confers the dignity of <a href="/wiki/Righteous_Among_the_Nations" title="Righteous Among the Nations">Righteous Among the Nations</a> on the recommendation of <a href="/wiki/Yad_Vashem" title="Yad Vashem">Yad Vashem</a>, presents the <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Prize" title="Wolf Prize">Wolf Prize</a> on the recommendation of the Wolf Foundation, and awards the <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Medal_(Israel)" title="President's Medal (Israel)">Presidential Medal of Honor</a>, the President's Fund for Outstanding Doctoral Students, and the Presidential Award for Volunteerism in his absolute discretion.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The President also participates in the awarding of the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Prize" title="Israel Prize">Israel Prize</a>, which is held annually on <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Israel)" title="Independence Day (Israel)">Yom Ha'atzmaut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, the president serves as the keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies of the half-yearly <a href="/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a> conference, as well as at the annual official ceremonies for <a href="/wiki/Yom_HaZikaron" title="Yom HaZikaron">Yom Hazikaron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yom_HaShoah" title="Yom HaShoah">Yom HaShoah</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_backgrounds">Presidential backgrounds</h2></div> <p>Most Israeli presidents were involved in national politics or <a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionist</a> activities before taking office. Some were also distinguished in other fields. For example, Chaim Weizmann was a leading research chemist who founded the <a href="/wiki/Weizmann_Institute_of_Science" title="Weizmann Institute of Science">Weizmann Institute of Science</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rehovot" title="Rehovot">Rehovot</a>; <a href="/wiki/Zalman_Shazar" title="Zalman Shazar">Zalman Shazar</a> was an author, poet, and journalist; and <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Herzog" title="Chaim Herzog">Chaim Herzog</a> was a military leader, attorney, and diplomat.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The first Israeli presidents were born in the former <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>. The first native-born president, as well as the first with a <a href="/wiki/Sephardic_Jews" title="Sephardic Jews">Sephardi</a> background, was <a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Navon" title="Yitzhak Navon">Yitzhak Navon</a>. The first president with a Western European background was Chaim Herzog, who originally came from <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. The first president with a <a href="/wiki/Mizrahi_Jews" title="Mizrahi Jews">Mizrahi</a> background was <a href="/wiki/Moshe_Katsav" title="Moshe Katsav">Moshe Katsav</a>, who was born in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The first president to be born in the modern state after <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Israeli Declaration of Independence">Israel's declaration of independence</a> is <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Herzog" title="Isaac Herzog">Isaac Herzog</a>. He is also the first son of a former Israeli president to also become president. As of 2024, the only other presidents with close family ties were <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann" title="Chaim Weizmann">Chaim Weizmann</a> and his nephew <a href="/wiki/Ezer_Weizman" title="Ezer Weizman">Ezer Weizman</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_affiliation">Political affiliation</h2></div> <p>All Israeli presidents from <a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Ben-Zvi" title="Yitzhak Ben-Zvi">Yitzhak Ben-Zvi</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ezer_Weizman" title="Ezer Weizman">Ezer Weizman</a> were members of, or associated with, the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Labor_Party" title="Israeli Labor Party">Labor Party</a> and its predecessors, and have been considered politically moderate. Moshe Katsav was the first <a href="/wiki/Likud" title="Likud">Likud</a> president. These tendencies were especially significant in the April 1978 election of Labor's <a href="/wiki/Yitzhak_Navon" title="Yitzhak Navon">Yitzhak Navon</a>, following the inability of the governing Likud coalition to elect its candidate to the presidency. Israeli observers believed that, in counterbalance to Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Menachem_Begin" title="Menachem Begin">Menachem Begin</a>'s polarizing leadership, Navon, the country's first president of Sephardi origin, provided Israel with unifying symbolic leadership at a time of great political controversy and upheaval. In 1983, Navon decided to re-enter Labor politics after five years of non-partisan service as president, and Chaim Herzog (previously head of military intelligence and <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_Israel_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations">Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations</a>) succeeded him as Israel's sixth president. Likud's <a href="/wiki/Moshe_Katsav" title="Moshe Katsav">Moshe Katsav</a>'s victory over Labor's <a href="/wiki/Shimon_Peres" title="Shimon Peres">Shimon Peres</a> in 2000 (by secret ballot) was an <a href="/wiki/Upset_(competition)" title="Upset (competition)">upset</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a>, a Jew, but not an Israeli citizen, was offered the presidency in 1952,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but turned it down, stating: "I am deeply moved by the offer from our State of Israel, and at once saddened and ashamed that I cannot accept it. 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