List of Presidents of Israel
This article lists the Chairmen of the Provisional State Council and Presidents of Israel since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.
Chairmen of the Provisional State Council (1948–1949)
| Colour key | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapai/Alignment/Labor | 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 Chairman of the Provisional State Council, Chaim Weizmann served as the de facto head of state until his election as President.
| Chairman | Elected (term) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth and death) |
Term of office | Political party (at time of appointment) | |||
| 1 |  |
David Ben-Gurion דוד בן-גוריון (1886–1973) |
14 May 1948 | 16 May 1948 | Mapai | — | |
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Chaim Weizmann חיים עזריאל ויצמן (1874–1952) |
16 May 1948 | 17 February 1949 | General Zionists | — | |
Presidents of Israel (1949–present)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Zionists | Mapai/Alignment/Labor | Likud | Kadima | Independent | |||||
A total of nine people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Additionally, one person, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, has served three consecutive terms.
Reuven Rivlin serves as the 10th and current President of Israel since 2014.
| President | Elected (term) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth and death) |
Term of office | Political party (at time of appointment) | |||
| 1 | |
Chaim Weizmann חיים עזריאל ויצמן (1874–1952) |
17 February 1949 | 25 November 1951 | General Zionists | 1949 (1st) | |
| 25 November 1951 | 9 November 1952 | 1951 (2nd) | |||||
| 2 |  |
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi יצחק בן צבי (1884–1963) |
16 December 1952 | 28 October 1957 | Mapai | 1952 (3rd) | |
| 28 October 1957 | 30 October 1962 | 1957 (4th) | |||||
| 30 October 1962 | 23 April 1963 | 1962 (5th) | |||||
| 3 |  |
Zalman Shazar זלמן שז"ר (1889–1974) |
21 May 1963 | 26 March 1968 | Mapai | 1963 (6th) | |
| 26 March 1968 | 24 May 1973 | 1968 (7th) | |||||
| 4 |  |
Ephraim Katzir אפרים קציר (1916–2009) |
24 May 1973 | 29 May 1978 | Alignment | 1973 (8th) | |
| 5 |  |
Yitzhak Navon יצחק נבון (1921–2015) |
29 May 1978 | 5 May 1983 | Alignment | 1978 (9th) | |
| 6 |  |
Chaim Herzog חיים הרצוג (1918–1997) |
5 May 1983 | 23 February 1988 | Alignment | 1983 (10th) | |
| 23 February 1988 | 13 May 1993 | 1988 (11th) | |||||
| 7 |  |
Ezer Weizman עזר ויצמן (1924–2005) |
13 May 1993 | 4 March 1998 | Labor | 1993 (12th) | |
| 4 March 1998 | 13 July 2000 | 1998 (13th) | |||||
| 8 |  |
Moshe Katsav משה קצב (1945–) |
1 August 2000 | 1 July 2007 | Likud | 2000 (14th) | |
| 9 |  |
Shimon Peres שמעון פרס (1923–2016) |
15 July 2007 | 24 July 2014 | Kadima | 2007 (15th) | |
| 10 |  |
Reuven Rivlin ראובן ריבלין (1939–) |
24 July 2014 | Incumbent (Term expires on 24 July 2021) |
Likud | 2014 (16th) | |
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Notes
- ^ 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 until the inauguration of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
- ^ Upon Ben-Zvi's death on 23 April 1963, Knesset speaker Kadish Luz took over as acting president until the appointment of Zalman Shazar.
- ^ After Weizman resigned from the Presidency, Knesset speaker Avraham Burg took over as acting president until the appointment of Moshe Katsav.
- ^ After Katsav began a leave of absence due to police investigations on 25 January 2007, Knesset speaker Dalia Itzik took over as acting President. She continued in this role after Katsav's resignation came into effect on 1 July 2007 until Shimon Peres' inauguration on 15 July.
- ^ Majalli Wahabi assumed the presidency when Dalia Itzik was travelling to the United States becoming the first Druze and non-Jewish President of Israel.
Timeline
Main biographical data
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Place of birth | Place of death | Place of burial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaim Weizmann | 27 November 1874 | 9 November 1952 | Motal, Russian Empire .svg.png){kind=small} | Rehovot | Rehovot[1] |
| 2 | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | 24 November 1884 | 23 April 1963 | Poltava, Russian Empire .svg.png){kind=small} | Jerusalem | Har HaMenuchot |
| 3 | Zalman Shazar | 24 November 1889 | 5 October 1974 | Mir, Russian Empire | Jerusalem | Mount Herzl |
| 4 | Ephraim Katzir | 16 May 1916 | 30 May 2009 | Kiev, Russian Empire | Rehovot | Rehovot Cemetery |
| 5 | Yitzhak Navon | 9 April 1921 | 7 November 2015 | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine  | Jerusalem | Mount Herzl |
| 6 | Chaim Herzog | 17 September 1918 | 17 April 1997 | Belfast, United Kingdom | Tel Aviv | Mount Herzl |
| 7 | Ezer Weizman | 15 June 1924 | 24 April 2005 | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine | Caesarea | Or Akiva |
| 8 | Moshe Katsav | 5 December 1945 | Yazd, Iran .svg.png){kind=small} | |||
| 9 | Shimon Peres | 2 August 1923 | 28 September 2016 | Vishnyeva, Poland  | Ramat Gan | Mount Herzl |
| 10 | Reuven Rivlin | 9 September 1939 | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
See also
References
- ↑ "Chaim Weizmann - First President of the State of Israel". president.gov.il. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ Lis, Jonathan (8 November 2015). "Yitzhak Navon, Israel's Fifth President, Laid to Rest at Jerusalem's Mt. Herzl Cemetery". Haaretz.
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