List of Knesset speakers

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The Speaker of the Knesset is the presiding officer in the Knesset, Israel's parliament and also fills the role of the President when he or she is incapacitated. As of 2009, Reuven Rivlin holds the post.

To date, Ahdut HaAvoda's Nahum Nir is the only Speaker 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.

Knesset Speakers (1949-present)

#	Name	Party	Term start	Term end	Knesset
1	Yosef Sprinzak	Mapai	1949	1959	1, 2, 3
2	Nahum Nir	Ahdut HaAvoda	1959	1959	3
3	Kadish Luz	Mapai, Alignment	1959	1969	4, 5, 6
4	Reuven Barkat	Alignment	1969	1972	7
5	Yisrael Yeshayahu	Alignment	1972	1977	7, 8
6	Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	1977	1980	9
7	Yitzhak Berman	Likud	1980	1981	9
8	Menachem Savidor	Likud	1981	1984	10
9	Shlomo Hillel	Alignment	1984	1988	11
10	Dov Shilansky	Likud	1988	1992	12
11	Shevah Weiss	Labour	1992	1996	13
12	Dan Tichon	Likud	1996	1999	14
13	Avraham Burg	One Israel	1999	2003	15
14	Reuven Rivlin	Likud	2003	2006	16
15	Dalia Itzik	Kadima	2006	2009	17
16	Reuven Rivlin	Likud	2009	Incumbent	18

External links

• Knesset Speakers since the first Knesset Knesset website