Ninth Knesset

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The Ninth Knesset was the ninth session of Israel’s national legislature, elected in 1977 and notable for ushering in a major political shift with the rise of the Likud party to power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset
unicameral legislature
coalitionPartners Agudat Yisrael NERFINISHED
Democratic Movement for Change NERFINISHED
National Religious Party NERFINISHED
Shlomtzion NERFINISHED
country Israel
electionDate 1977-05-17
endDate 1981-06-30
firstSessionDate 1977-06-13
followedBy Tenth Knesset NERFINISHED
follows Eighth Knesset NERFINISHED
governmentFormed Eighteenth government of Israel NERFINISHED
Nineteenth government of Israel NERFINISHED
Twentieth government of Israel NERFINISHED
historicalContext took place after the Yom Kippur War and political upheaval in Israel
includedParty Agudat Yisrael NERFINISHED
Alignment NERFINISHED
Democratic Movement for Change NERFINISHED
Hadash NERFINISHED
Likud NERFINISHED
National Religious Party NERFINISHED
Poalei Agudat Yisrael NERFINISHED
Ratz NERFINISHED
Shelli NERFINISHED
Shlomtzion NERFINISHED
United Arab List NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Hebrew
lastSessionDate 1981-06-30
legislativeElection 1977 Israeli legislative election
legislatureFor State of Israel NERFINISHED
locatedIn Israel NERFINISHED
Jerusalem
majorOppositionParty Alignment NERFINISHED
meetsIn Knesset Building NERFINISHED
notableFor end of long-standing Labor Party dominance in Israeli politics
first time a right-wing party (Likud) came to power in Israel
numberOfMembers 120
ordinalNumber 9
partOf Knesset NERFINISHED
presidentOfStateDuringTerm Ephraim Katzir NERFINISHED
Yitzhak Navon NERFINISHED
primeMinisterDuringTerm Menachem Begin NERFINISHED
rulingCoalitionAtStart Likud-led coalition NERFINISHED
rulingPartyAtStart Likud NERFINISHED
speaker Menachem Savidor NERFINISHED
Yitzhak Berman NERFINISHED
Yitzhak Shamir NERFINISHED
startDate 1977-06-13

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Mapam (as separate party) representedIn Ninth Knesset
subject surface form: Mapam