Alternate Prime Minister of Israel

Israeli government office created in 2020

The alternate prime minister of Israel (Hebrew: ראש הממשלה החליפי, romanized: Rosh ha-memshela ha-ḥalifi)[note 1] is the de facto deputy of the prime minister of Israel and the second highest ranking cabinet minister. His job is to replace the prime minister of Israel in a rotation government.

Alternate Prime Minister of Israel
רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הַחֲלִיפִי
Incumbent
Vacant

since 29 December 2022
NominatorKnesset
AppointerPresident
Inaugural holderBenny Gantz
Formation17 May 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-17)

List of Alternate Prime Ministers

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De facto

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No. Portrait Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes
N/A   Yitzhak Shamir Likud
Herut
21 13 September 1984 20 October 1986 Shamir was prime minister-designate in a rotation government with Shimon Peres. The rotation deal was not binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Shamir was that of an ordinary designated acting prime minister.
N/A   Shimon Peres Alignment
Labor Party
22 20 October 1986 22 December 1988 Shamir became prime minister on 20 October 1986, with Peres as his alternate, in accordance with the 1984 rotation deal. The rotation deal was not legally binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Peres was that of an ordinary designated acting prime minister.

De jure

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No. Portrait Minister Party Government Term start Term end Notes
1   Benny Gantz Blue and White
Resilience Party
35 17 May 2020 13 June 2021 Gantz was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Benjamin Netanyahu, and he would have come into office on 17 November 2021. In December 2020, the coalition collapsed, and was replaced by a new government on 13 June 2021.
2   Yair Lapid Yesh Atid 36 13 June 2021 30 June 2022 Lapid was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Naftali Bennett. He was expected to come into office on 27 August 2023 before the Knesset dissolved itself in June 2022. He took over as Prime Minister on 1 July 2022.
3   Naftali Bennett Yamina 36 1 July 2022 29 December 2022 Bennett became Alternate Prime Minister after the early dissolution of the Knesset in June 2022, switching places with Yair Lapid.
  1. While the Basic Law passed on 7 May 2020 used the phrasing "חלופי",[1] the Academy of the Hebrew Language published on 11 May an article explaining that the proper Hebrew phrasing is "חליפי"[2]

References

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  1. Basic Law: The Government (in Hebrew). Retrieved 10 June 2020
  2. "חלופי, חליפי, חילופי". Academy of the Hebrew Language (in Hebrew). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.