President of Israel

E91686
head of state political office

The President of Israel is the country's largely ceremonial head of state, representing the nation at home and abroad and performing key constitutional and diplomatic functions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
President of Israel canonical 28
Acting President of Israel 1
Presidency of Israel 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
political office ⓘ
appoints Governor of the Bank of Israel (formally) ⓘ
certain senior state officials ⓘ
judges on recommendation of Judicial Selection Committee ⓘ
ceremonialDutiesInclude State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: opening sessions of the Knesset

participation in state ceremonies ⓘ
signing international treaties approved by the Knesset ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel
currentHolder Isaac Herzog ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate 2021 ⓘ
electedBy Knesset ⓘ
electoralSystem indirect election ⓘ
established 1949 ⓘ
establishedBy Knesset ⓘ
firstHolder Chaim Weizmann ⓘ
governmentForm parliamentary republic ⓘ
legalBasis Basic Law: The President of the State ⓘ
Basic Laws of Israel ⓘ
nativeLabel President ⓘ
surface form: נשיא המדינה
nativeLabelLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
officeHoldersInclude Chaim Herzog ⓘ
Chaim Weizmann ⓘ
Ephraim Katzir ⓘ
Ezer Weizman ⓘ
Isaac Herzog ⓘ
Moshe Katsav ⓘ
Reuven Rivlin ⓘ
Shimon Peres ⓘ
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ⓘ
Yitzhak Navon ⓘ
Zalman Shazar ⓘ
residence Beit HaNassi ⓘ
residenceLocation Jerusalem ⓘ
role appointer of certain public officials ⓘ
ceremonial head of state ⓘ
constitutional figurehead ⓘ
diplomatic representative abroad ⓘ
issuer of pardons ⓘ
receiver of foreign ambassadors ⓘ
representative of the State of Israel ⓘ
signatory of laws ⓘ
symbol of national unity ⓘ
tasked with forming a government after elections ⓘ
styleOfAddress Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
succession Speaker of the Knesset acts as president in absence ⓘ
termLength 7 years ⓘ
termLimit single term ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

Chaim Weizmann → wasFirstHolderOfOffice → President of Israel ⓘ
Wolf Prize in Physics → presentedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
Prime Minister of Israel → nominatedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
government of Israel → appointedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of Israel
government of Israel → sharesPowerWith → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of Israel
Reuven Rivlin → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
Peres → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon Peres
Moshe Katsav → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
Shimon → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon Peres
Szymon Perski → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi → office → President of Israel ⓘ
Har HaZikaron → containsGraveOf → President of Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidents of Israel
Weizmann → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Ezer Weizman
Chaim → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaim Weizmann
Prime Minister’s Office of Israel → coordinatesWith → President of Israel ⓘ
Rosh HaMemshala → appointedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
Rosh HaMemshala → nominatedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
BOI → governorAppointedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Bank of Israel
this entity surface form: President of Israel (on recommendation of the government)
Ephraim Katzir → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
Rivlin → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Reuven Rivlin
Rivlin family → hasNotableRole → President of Israel ⓘ
Katsav → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Moshe Katsav
Ezer Weizman → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
Beit HaNassi → occupant → President of Israel ⓘ
President’s Residence of Israel → usedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
Israeli institutions → includes → President of Israel ⓘ
Ben-Zvi → associatedWithRole → President of Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Presidency of Israel
Israeli ambassador to Switzerland → appointedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
Sprinzak → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ
subject surface form: Yosef Sprinzak
this entity surface form: Acting President of Israel
Israeli national emblem → usedBy → President of Israel ⓘ
Basic Law: The President of the State → definesOfficeOf → President of Israel ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the State of Israel
Basic Law: The President of the State → appliesTo → President of Israel ⓘ
Yitzhak Navon → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ