18th Knesset
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The 18th Knesset was the term of Israel’s national legislature that convened following the 2009 parliamentary elections and served as the country’s primary lawmaking body during that period.
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Knesset
ⓘ
legislative term ⓘ |
| coalitionGovernmentHead | Benjamin Netanyahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Basic Laws of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| deputySpeaker |
Ahmed Tibi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Avraham Michaeli NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Danon NERFINISHED ⓘ Fouad Ben-Eliezer NERFINISHED ⓘ Lea Nass NERFINISHED ⓘ Majalli Wahabi NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Eitan NERFINISHED ⓘ Moshe Matalon NERFINISHED ⓘ Orly Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ Otniel Schneller NERFINISHED ⓘ Yitzhak Vaknin NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoel Hasson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| election | 2009 Israeli legislative election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralThreshold | 2 percent ⓘ |
| endDate | 2013-02-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 19th Knesset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentFormed | Second Netanyahu Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Hebrew ⓘ |
| largestParty | Likud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyType | national legislature ⓘ |
| legislatureOf | State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Givat Ram
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ |
| mainFunction |
approval of the state budget
ⓘ
approving the government ⓘ electing the President of Israel ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ oversight of the executive branch ⓘ |
| meetingPlace | Knesset building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 120 ⓘ |
| otherMajorParty |
Balad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hadash NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Home NERFINISHED ⓘ Labor Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Meretz NERFINISHED ⓘ Shas NERFINISHED ⓘ United Arab List–Ta'al NERFINISHED ⓘ United Torah Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ Yisrael Beiteinu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentNumber | 18 ⓘ |
| partOf | Parliament of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | 17th Knesset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterDuringTerm | Benjamin Netanyahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rulingPartyLeader | Benjamin Netanyahu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondLargestParty | Kadima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaker | Reuven Rivlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 2009-02-24 ⓘ |
| typeOfLegislature | unicameral legislature ⓘ |
| votingSystem | party-list proportional representation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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