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February 16, 1949
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The Constituent Assembly elected Professor Chaim Weizmann as the first president of the State of
Israel. The candidates were Professor Chaim Weizmann and Professor Joseph Klausner. 114 Knesset
Members participated in the elections. 83 votes were in favor of Weizmann, 15 in favor of Klausner,
15 empty ballots, and 1 invalid vote.
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November 19, 1951
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The second Knesset elected Professor Chaim Weizmann for a second term. There were no opposing
candidates.
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December 8, 1952
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The second Knesset elected MK Yitzhak Ben-Zvi as the second president of the State. The candidates
were MK Izhak Ben-Zvi (Mapai), MK Perez Bernstein (General Zionists), MK Mordechai Nurock, and
Mr. Yizhak Greenbaum.
There were three rounds of voting:
48 in favor of Ben-Zvi, 18 in favor of Bernstein, 17 in favor of Greenbaum, 15 in favor of Nurock,
and 12 empty ballots.
48 in favor of Ben-Zvi, 18 in favor of Bernstein, 18 in favor of Greenbaum, 15 in favor of Nurock,
and 12 empty ballots.
62 in favor of Ben-Zvi, 40 in favor of Nurock , 5 in favor of Greenbaum, , and 5 empty ballots.
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October 28, 1957
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The third Knesset re-elected Yitzhak Ben-Zvi for a second presidential term. There were no opposing
candidates. In the election, 76 Knesset members voted in favor of Ben-Zvi, while 18 cast an empty
ballot.
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October 30, 1962
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The fifth Knesset elected Yitzhak Ben-Zvi for a third presidential term with no opposing candidates. 62
members voted in his favor while 42 cast empty ballots.
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May 21, 1963
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The fifth Knesset elected Zalman Shazar as the third president of the State of Israel. The running
candidates were Zalman Shazar and MK Perez Bernstein (Liberal Party). Of the 107 MKs who
participated in the election, 67 voted in favor of Shazar, 33 in favor of Bernstein, and 7 cast empty
ballots.
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March 26, 1968
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The sixth Knesset re-elected Zalman Shazar for a second presidential term. There were no opposing
candidates. There were 86 votes in his favor and 24 empty ballots.
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April 10, 1973
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The seventh Knesset elected Professor Ephraim Katzir as the fourth president of Israel. The candidate
who opposed him was Professor Ephraim-Elimelech Auerbach. The 116 votes of the Knesset were divided as
follows: 66 in favor of Katzir, 41 in favor of Orback, and 9 empty ballots.
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April 19, 1978
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The ninth Knesset elected Yitzhak Navon as the fifth president. There were no opposing candidates. 86
Knesset members voted in his favor while 23 cast empty ballots.
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March 22, 1983
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The tenth Knesset elected Haim Herzog as the sixth president of Israel. The candidates for presidency
were MK Haim Herzog (Labor Alignment) and Professor Menachem Alon. All 120 Knesset members
participated in the vote. 61 voted in favor of Herzog, 57 voted for Alon, and 2 cast empty ballots.
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February 23, 1988
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President Haim Herzog was re-elected by the twelfth Knesset for a second term. There were no
opposing candidates. 82 votes were in his favor; 2 votes were against; 2 were empty ballots, and 1 vote
was invalidated.
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March 24, 1993
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The thirteenth Knesset elected Ezer Weizman for the position of seventh president of the State of
Israel. Opposing him was MK Dov Shilansky (Likud). Of the 120 Knesset members who voted, 66
voted in favor of Weizman while 53 voted for Shilansky, and one cast an empty ballot.
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March 4, 1998
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The fourteenth Knesset re-elected Ezer Weizman for a second term. For the first
time, an acting president was faced by an opponent, (MK Shaul Amor of the
Likud), in the re-election. 119 members participated in the election: 63 votes were
in favor of Weizman, 49 were in favor of Amor, and 7 were empty ballots.
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July 31, 2000
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The fifteenth Knesset elected Moshe Katsav for the position of eighth president of the State of
Israel. Opposing him was MK Shimon Peres (One Israel). Of the 120 Knesset members who voted, 63
voted in favor of Katsav while 57 voted for Peres.
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June 13, 2007
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The seventeenth Knesset elected Shimon Peres for the position of ninth president of the State of
Israel. Opposing him were MKs Colette Avital (Labor) and Reuven Rivlin (Likud).
The Knesset held two rounds of voting:
120 Knesset members participated in the first round:
21 voted in favor of Avital, 58 in favor of Peres, and 37 in favor of Rivlin; 12 placed empty ballots, and
there was one invalid ballot. Following the first round, MKs Colette Avital and Reuven Rivlin stepped out
of the race.
119 Knesset members participated in the second round: 86 voted in favor of Shimon Peres, 23 against,
8 placed empty ballots, and 2 ballots were invalidated.
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