The incumbent minister must be also a Knesset member to be eligible for this role.Īccording to the Basic law: the Government, if such a position was not held by any of the incumbent ministers, in the event of the Prime Minister being unable to fulfill their duties temporarily, the cabinet would vote to appoint one of their own members, who is a Knesset member, as Acting Prime Minister for up to 100 consecutive days. Whilst in other countries the term " Acting Prime Minister" only refers to an individual actually performing the role, in Israel the term is also in use when a designated minister is allocated, even if they never actually perform the role.
"Prime Minister's Place Holder", or "Prime Minister's stand-in") takes the role of Prime Minister as Acting Prime Minister, for up to 100 consecutive days, if the incumbent is temporarily incapacitated. The designated Acting Prime Minister ( Hebrew: ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה, Memaleh Mekom Rosh HaMemshala lit.
Each term was with a different party, Likud, Gesher and One Israel respectively. The current cabinet, led by Naftali Bennett, has two: Benny Gantz and Gideon Sa'ar.ĭavid Levy has had three spells as Deputy PM from 1977 until 1992 and then again from 1996 to 19–2000. The former cabinet led by Benjamin Netanyahu again had four deputy PMs, one from Netanyahu's own Likud party and one each from coalition partners Shas, Independence, and Yisrael Beiteinu. In Ehud Olmert's cabinet there were three, one from his own party, and the leaders of the two next largest parties in his coalition (Labour and Shas). The title was scrapped from 1992 to 1996 during the term of the 13th Knesset, but was resurrected by Binyamin Netanyahu in 1996 when he appointed four Deputies. In 1977 Menachem Begin became the first Prime Minister to have two deputies. The post was created in 1963 when Abba Eban was appointed to the position in Levi Eshkol's first government. Thus, there is no limit to the number of deputies a Prime Minister can appoint (as opposed to an Acting Prime Minister, that can only be one). The position of Deputy Prime Minister ( Hebrew: סגן ראש הממשלה, Segan Rosh HaMemshela) is an honorary title carried by an incumbent Minister in the Israeli Government under the Basic law:the Government, that states the follows: "A minister may be a Deputy Prime Minister" (but no more than that). Deputy Prime Minister, Designated Acting Prime Minister, and Alternate Prime Minister are constitutional positions.īoth Designated Acting Prime Ministers and Alternate Prime Minister take the place of the Prime Minister if he or she is temporarily incapacitated, while the incumbent is still in office. Vice Prime Minister is honorary and extra-constitutional position, but entitle the office-holder to a place in the cabinet. The deputy prime minister of Israel falls into four categories Designated Acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Alternate Prime Minister.
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