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Election

The President is elected by an absolute majority in the Knesset (the Israeli parliament). If, by the third round of voting, no candidate receives an absolute majority, a simple majority is all that is required. A president's full term is seven years. A president cannot be re-elected to a second term. Until recently, the president was elected for a five-year term, and was allowed to serve up to two terms in office. In 2000, the president's term was increased to seven years. This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Absolute majority is a supermajoritarian voting requirement which is stricter than a simple majority. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... A simple majority is the most common requirement in voting for a measure to pass, especially in deliberative bodies and small organizations. ...

Any Israeli citizen who is a resident of the State is eligible to be a presidential candidate. The office falls vacant upon resignation or upon 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 nonpartisan character of the office. There is no vice president in the Israeli governmental system. When the president is temporarily incapacitated or the office falls vacant, the speaker of the Knesset may become acting president. A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... It has been suggested that Speakers of the House be merged into this article or section. ... In law, when someone is said to be acting in a position it can mean one of three things. ...

For more information see Basic Law: The President of the State.

Presidential powers and roles

The president's powers are rather limited in scope compared to heads of state in other countries. The president:

• Signs every law (except those that pertain to the president's powers).
• Chooses a member of the Knesset to form the government in consultation with the parties making up the body.
• Confirms diplomats and receives foreign diplomats.
• Signs treaties, approved by the Knesset, with foreign countries.
• Appoints judges to the Supreme Court (upon advice of the Judicial Appointments Committee).
• Appoints the governor of the Bank of Israel and other bureaucrats (upon advice of the Prime Minister).
• Furthermore, the president has the authority to pardon criminals and commute sentences.

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Although the president's role is non-political, Israeli heads of state perform important moral, ceremonial, and educational functions. Israeli Presidents also play a part in the formation of the cabinet, or government. They are required to consult leaders of all political parties in the Knesset and to designate a member of the legislature to organize a cabinet. If the member so appointed fails, other political parties commanding a plurality in the Knesset may submit their own nominee. The figure called upon to form a cabinet is invariably the leader of the most influential political party or bloc in the Knesset.-1... A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a certain occasion. ...

List of Presidents of the State of Israel

1. ^ David Ben-Gurion preceded Weizmann as Chairman of Provisional State Council, a position which he held from 14-17 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 appointment of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.
2. ^  Upon Ben-Zvi's death on 23 April 1963, Knesset speaker Kadish Luz took over as acting president until the appointment of Zalman Shazar.
3. ^  After Weizman resigned from the Presidency, Knesset speaker Avraham Burg took over as acting president until the appointment of Moshe Katsav.
4. ^  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.

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Political History

All Israeli presidents from Yitzhak Ben-Zvi to Ezer Weizman were members of, or associated with, the Labor Party and its predecessors, and all have been considered politically moderate. Moshe Katsav was the first Likud president. These tendencies were especially significant in the April 1978 election of Labour's Yitzhak Navon, following the inability of the governing Likud coalition to elect its candidate to the presidency. Israeli observers believed that, in counterbalance to Prime Minister Menahem Begin'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 Labour politics after five years of nonpartisan service as president, and Haim Herzog (previously head of military intelligence and Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations) succeeded him as Israel's sixth president. Likud's Moshe Katsav's victory over Labour's Shimon Peres in 2000 (by secret ballot) was an upset. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (November 24, 1884, Poltava, Ukraine - April 23, 1963, Jerusalem, Israel) was a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest serving Israeli president (1952 - 1963). ... Ezer Weizman (עזר ויצמן) (Tel Aviv, June 15, 1924 – Caesarea Maritima, April 24, 2005) was the seventh President of the State of Israel (1993-2000). ... The Israel Labor Party (Hebrew: העבודה, Ha‘Avoda (Labor), officially מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, Mifleget Ha‘Avoda HaIsra’elit) is a center-left political party in Israel. ... Moshe Katsav (Hebrew: , originally Mussa Ghassäb Persian: ; born December 5, 1945) is the eighth and current President of Israel (since 2000). ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a centre-right political party in Israel. ... Yitzhak Navon (or Yitschak Navon) (born April 9, 1921) was an Israeli political figure. ... Prime Minister Menachem Begin Menachem Begin (August 16, 1913 - March 9, 1992) became the 6th Prime Minister of Israel in May 1977. ... Sephardim (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Sfaradim, Tiberian Hebrew ) are a subgroup of Jews, generally defined in contrast to Ashkenazim and/or . ... Haim Vivian Herzog (Hebrew: ‎)‎ (September 17, 1918 – April 17, 1997) served as the sixth President of Israel (1983–1993), following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). ... Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, full title, Representative of Israel to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, (also known as Israels Permanent Representative, or Perm Rep, to the United Nations): Israels Permanent Mission to the United Nations listing of Israeli... Moshe Katsav (Hebrew: , originally Mussa Ghassäb Persian: ; born December 5, 1945) is the eighth and current President of Israel (since 2000). ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

Albert Einstein, a Jew but not an Israeli citizen, was offered the presidency in 1952 but turned it down. Ehud Olmert was reported to be considering offering the presidency to another non-Israeli Elie Wiesel, but he was said to be "very not interested".^[1] “Einstein” redirects here. ... Eliezer Wiesel (commonly known as Elie, born September 30, 1928)[1] is an American-Jewish novelist, political activist, and Holocaust survivor. ...

See also

• List of Israelis

This is a list of prominent Israelis (including Arab citizens of Israel). ...

References

1. ^ Olmert backs Peres as next president Jerusalem Post, 18 October 2006

External link

• Official site of the President of Israel