Alternate Prime Minister of Israel

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Alternate Prime Minister of Israel
רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הַחֲלִיפִי‎
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Incumbent
Yair Lapid
since 13 June 2021
NominatorKnesset
AppointerPresident
Inaugural holderBenny Gantz
Formation17 May 2020; 19 months ago (2020-05-17)

The alternate prime minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה החליפי, romanized: Rosh ha-memshela ha-ḥalifi)[note 1] is the cabinet minister designated to replace the Prime Minister of Israel in a rotation government. The position was created de jure to resolve the 2019–2021 Israeli political crisis, alongside the formal rotation mechanism of the alternation government - however, it existed de facto in the 1984-88 rotation government, which was established on the basis of a non-binding rotation agreement.[3] According to the Basic Law: The Government, the government swearing-in includes a target date for the prime minister and alternate prime minister to switch their posts.[1] Government ministers report either to the prime minister or the alternate prime minister, with the prime minister being unable to dismiss cabinet ministers reporting to the alternate prime minister without the alternate prime minister's consent.[4]

The current alternate prime minister is Yair Lapid.[5]

List of alternate prime ministers[]

De facto[]

No. Portrait Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes
N/A Yitzhak Shamir (1980).jpg Yitzhak Shamir Likud
Herut		 21 13 September 1984 20 October 1986 Shamir was prime minister-designate in a rotation government with Shimon Peres. The rotation deal was not binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Shamir was that of an ordinary designated acting Prime Minister.
N/A Shimon Peres (1986).jpg Shimon Peres Alignment
Labor Party		 22 20 October 1986 22 December 1988 Shamir became Prime Minister on 20 October 1986, with Peres as his alternate, in accordance with the 1984 rotation deal. The rotation deal was not legally binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Peres was that of an ordinary designated acting Prime Minister.

De jure[]

No. Portrait Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes
1 Benny Gantz 2019 (cropped).jpg Benny Gantz Blue and White
Resilience Party		 35 17 May 2020 13 June 2021 Gantz was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Benjamin Netanyahu. He would have come into office on 17 November 2021. However, the coalition collapsed in December 2020 and was replaced by a new government on 13 June 2021.
2 Yair Lapid 2021 (cropped).jpg Yair Lapid Yesh Atid 36 13 June 2021 Incumbent Lapid is prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Naftali Bennett. He is expected to come into office on 27 August 2023.

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Notes[]

  1. ^ While the Basic Law passed on 7 May 2020 used the phrasing "חלופי",[1] the Academy of the Hebrew Language published on 11 May an article explaining that the proper Hebrew phrasing is "חליפי"[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Basic Law: The Government (in Hebrew). Retrieved 10 June 2020
  2. ^ "חלופי, חליפי, חילופי". Academy of the Hebrew Language (in Hebrew). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. ^ Eglash, Ruth (17 May 2020). "After three elections and political deadlock, Israel finally swears in new government". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ Shapira, Assaf (4 May 2020). "The Rotation Agreement — One State, Two Governments". The Israel Democracy Institute. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Bennett sworn in as prime minister". The Times of Israel. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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