List of presidents of Israel
Appearance
This is the list of presidents of the State of Israel.
Chairmen of the Provisional State Council (1948–1949)
[change | change source]Chairman | Elected (term) | ||||||
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No. | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Term of office | Political party (at time of appointment) | |||
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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 | — |
List of presidents (since 1949)
[change | change source]President | Elected (term) | ||||||
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No. | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Term of office | Political party (at time of appointment) | |||
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Chaim Weizmann חיים עזריאל ויצמן (1874–1952) |
17 February 1949 | 25 November 1951 | General Zionists | 1949 (1st) | |
25 November 1951 | 9 November 1952[1] | 1951 (2nd) | |||||
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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[2] | 1962 (5th) | |||||
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Zalman Shazar זלמן שז"ר (1889–1974) |
21 May 1963 | 26 March 1968 | Mapai | 1963 (6th) | |
26 March 1968 | 24 May 1973 | 1968 (7th) | |||||
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Ephraim Katzir אפרים קציר (1916–2009) |
24 May 1973 | 29 May 1978 | Alignment | 1973 (8th) | |
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Yitzhak Navon יצחק נבון (1921–2015) |
29 May 1978 | 5 May 1983 | Alignment | 1978 (9th) | |
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Chaim Herzog חיים הרצוג (1918–1997) |
5 May 1983 | 23 February 1988 | Alignment | 1983 (10th) | |
23 February 1988 | 13 May 1993 | 1988 (11th) | |||||
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Ezer Weizman עזר ויצמן (1924–2005) |
13 May 1993 | 4 March 1998 | Labor | 1993 (12th) | |
4 March 1998 | 13 July 2000[3] | 1998 (13th) | |||||
8 | Moshe Katsav משה קצב (born 1945) |
1 August 2000 | 1 July 2007[4][5] | Likud | 2000 (14th) | ||
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Shimon Peres שמעון פרס (1923–2016) |
15 July 2007 | 24 July 2014 | Kadima | 2007 (15th) | |
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Reuven Rivlin ראובן ריבלין (born 1939) |
24 July 2014 | 7 July 2021 | Likud | 2014 (16th) | |
11 | Isaac Herzog יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג (born 1960) |
7 July 2021 | Incumbent (Term expires in 2028) |
Independent | 2021 (17th) |
References
[change | change source]- Official website of the President's Office Archived 2016-11-11 at the Wayback Machine