President of Israel

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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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Presidents 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 (13)

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

government of Israel → appointedBy → President of Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Government of Israel

Har HaZikaron → containsGraveOf → President of Israel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presidents of Israel

Prime Minister of Israel → nominatedBy → President of Israel ⓘ

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi → office → President of Israel ⓘ

Weizmann → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Ezer Weizman

Moshe Katsav → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ

Reuven Rivlin → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ

Peres → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Shimon Peres

Shimon → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Shimon Peres

Szymon Perski → positionHeld → President of Israel ⓘ

Wolf Prize in Physics → presentedBy → President of Israel ⓘ

government of Israel → sharesPowerWith → President of Israel ⓘ

subject surface form: Government of Israel

Chaim Weizmann → wasFirstHolderOfOffice → President of Israel ⓘ