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List of presidents of Israel

This is the list of presidents of the State of Israel.

Chairmen of the Provisional State Council (1948–1949)

Chairman Elected
(term)
No. Portrait Name
(Lifespan) 		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 —
2   Chaim Weizmann
חיים עזריאל ויצמן
(1874–1952) 		16 May 1948 17 February 1949 General Zionists —

List of presidents (since 1949)

President Elected
(term)
No. Portrait Name
(Lifespan) 		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[1] 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[2] 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[3] 1998 (13th)
8   Moshe Katsav
משה קצב
(born 1945) 		1 August 2000 1 July 2007[4][5] Likud 2000 (14th)
9   Shimon Peres
שמעון פרס
(1923–2016) 		15 July 2007 24 July 2014 Kadima 2007 (15th)
10   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)

List Of Presidents Of Israel Media

  • Prime minister David Ben Gurion.

  • Ephraim Katzir visited the Tel Aviv Wax Museum (cropped)

  • Colonel Chaim Herzog, military attache in Washington

References




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