1st Knesset

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Knesset parliamentary term unicameral legislature

The 1st Knesset was the inaugural session of Israel's national legislature, convened after the country's first elections in 1949 to establish its initial parliamentary and legal framework.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
1st Knesset canonical 6
First Knesset 3
Constituent Assembly of Israel 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset ⓘ
parliamentary term ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
adoptedBasicLaw Basic Laws of Israel ⓘ
surface form: Basic Laws of Israel (initial framework)
adoptedDocument Foundations of Law Ordinance ⓘ
Transition Law 1949 ⓘ
appliesJurisdiction Israel ⓘ
coalitionParties Mapai ⓘ
Liberal Party (Israel) ⓘ
surface form: Progressive Party (Israel)

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Sephardim and Oriental Communities

National Religious Party ⓘ
surface form: United Religious Front
convenesInBuilding Frumin House, Jerusalem ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
election Israeli legislative election, 1949 ⓘ
surface form: 1949 Israeli legislative election
electoralSystem party-list proportional representation ⓘ
endTime 1951-08-20 ⓘ
followedBy 2nd Knesset ⓘ
governmentDuringTerm Provisional Government of Israel ⓘ
surface form: First government of Israel

Second government of Israel ⓘ
hasPart Knesset committees ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDuringTerm David Ben-Gurion ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
legislativePeriodNumber 1 ⓘ
legislatureNumber 1 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jerusalem ⓘ
mainIdeologicalBloc Labor Zionism ⓘ
surface form: Labour Zionism

Marxist Zionism ⓘ
Religious Zionism ⓘ
Revisionist Zionism ⓘ
minimumElectoralThreshold 1% of valid votes ⓘ
numberOfMembers 120 ⓘ
oppositionParties Herut ⓘ
Maki ⓘ
Mapam ⓘ
parliamentName Knesset ⓘ
precededBy 1st Knesset self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constituent Assembly of Israel
presidentOfTheKnesset Yosef Sprinzak ⓘ
significantEvent consolidation of Israel’s initial legal framework ⓘ
decision to draft a written constitution for Israel ⓘ
establishment of permanent parliamentary committees ⓘ
startTime 1949-02-14 ⓘ
status historic legislative term ⓘ
typeOfElectorate nationwide single constituency ⓘ
votingAge 18 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yitzhak-Meir Levin → servedInLegislature → 1st Knesset ⓘ
Felix Rosenblueth (Pinchas Rosen) → memberOf → 1st Knesset ⓘ
subject surface form: Pinchas Rosen
this entity surface form: First Knesset
Levi Eshkol → memberOf → 1st Knesset ⓘ
Mordechai Namir → parliamentaryTerm → 1st Knesset ⓘ
Mapam (as separate party) → representedIn → 1st Knesset ⓘ
subject surface form: Mapam
this entity surface form: First Knesset
Pinhas Rosen → wasElectedTo → 1st Knesset ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Knesset
2nd Knesset → follows → 1st Knesset ⓘ
First Assembly of Representatives → followedBy → 1st Knesset ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Israel
1st Knesset → precededBy → 1st Knesset self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly of Israel
Israeli legislative election, 1949 → electedBodyNumber → 1st Knesset ⓘ
Israeli legislative election, 1949 → legislatureTerm → 1st Knesset ⓘ