speaker of the Knesset

The Speaker and their deputies are elected by members of the Knesset. Until a Speaker is elected, the oldest Knesset member who is not the prime minister, the prime minister-elect, a minister or deputy minister, serves as acting speaker.[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1657654937-explainer-how-israel-s-parliament-the-knesset-works How Israel's parliament, the Knesset, works]

The Speaker is responsible for conducting the affairs of the Knesset and representing the Knesset. They are also charged with preserving the dignity of the Knesset, the decorum of its sittings and observance of Knesset rules of procedure.[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-role-of-the-knesset-speaker The Knesset Speaker]

The Speaker is assisted by a number of Deputy Speakers. Together, the Speaker and Deputy Speakers constitute the Presidium of the Knesset. The Presidium sets the Knesset agenda.

Ahdut HaAvoda's Nahum Nir and Blue & White's Benny Gantz are the only Speakers not to have come from the ruling party, though in two cases (Avraham Burg and Reuven Rivlin) the party of the speaker (One Israel and Likud respectively) lost power during their term.

The Speaker is expected to act in a non-partisan nature, but may occasionally take part in debates, and is allowed to vote.

A total of twenty people have served as Speaker of the Knesset, two of whom, Reuven Rivlin and Yariv Levin, have served two non-consecutive terms.

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• [https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/mk/Pages/SpeakerMain.aspx Speaker of the Knesset and the list of all Knesset Speakers since the first Knesset] Knesset website
• [http://rulers.org/isragovt.html Israeli ministries, etc – Rulers.org]

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