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- 1) The President of the State is elected by the Knesset ("Basic
Law: The President of the State", Section 3 (1964))
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BASIC LAW: THE PRESIDENT OF
THE STATE
(passed by the Knesset on the 6th Tamuz, 5724 (16th June
1964)) |
Election and
period of
tenure. |
3. The President of the State shall be
elected by the Knesset for five years. |
- 2) Then the President of the State chooses the Prime Minister
who then forms the government ("Basic
Law: The Government" (1968), Sections 7a, 13 & 14).
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BASIC LAW: THE GOVERNMENT
(passed by the Knesset on the 12th Adar, 5761 (7th March,
2001)) |
Assignment of
task of forming
Government. |
7.
- (a) When a new Government has to be constituted, the
President of the State shall, after consultation with
representatives of party groups in the Knesset, assign
the task of forming a Government to a Knesset Member
who has notified him that he is prepared to accept the
task; the President shall do so within seven days of
the publication of the election results, or should the
need arise to form a new government; and in the case
of the death of the Prime Minister, within 14 days of
his death.
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Formation of
Government. |
13.
- (a) Where the President of the State has assigned
to a Knesset Member the task of forming a Government,
he shall notify the Speaker of the Knesset to such effect,
and the Speaker of the Knesset shall notify the Knesset.
- (b) Where the Knesset Member has formed a Government,
he shall notify the President of the State and the Speaker
of the Knesset to such effect, and the Speaker of the
Knesset shall notify the Knesset and set a date for
the presentation of the Government to the Knesset within
seven days of such notification.
- (c) The Knesset Member who has formed a Government
shall head it.
- (d) When a Government has been formed, it shall present
itself to the Knesset, shall announce the basic lines
of its policy, its composition and the distribution
of functions among the Ministers, and shall ask for
an expression of confidence. The Government is constituted
when the Knesset has expressed confidence in it, and
the Ministers shall thereupon assume office.
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Declaration of
allegience. |
14. As soon as, or as soon as possible
after, the Knesset has expressed confidence in the Government,
the Prime Minister shall make before the Knesset the following
declaration of allegiance:
"I (name) as Prime Minister
undertake to uphold the State of Israel and its
laws, to faithfully fulfil my role as the Prime
Minister and to comply with the decisions of the
Knesset." |
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- 3) The Prime Minister must be a member of the Knesset ("Basic
Law: The Government", Section 5b(1968))
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BASIC LAW: THE GOVERNMENT
(passed by the Knesset on the 12th Adar, 5761 (7th March,
2001)) |
| Composition. |
5.
- (a) The Government is composed of a Prime Minister
and other Ministers.
- (b) The Prime Minister shall be a member of the Knesset.
A Minister need not be a member of the Knesset.
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- 4) The government holds office by virtue of the Knesset ("Basic
Law: The Government", Section 3), and the government is collectively
responsible to the Knesset ("Basic
Law: The Government", section 4).
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BASIC LAW: THE GOVERNMENT
(passed by the Knesset on the 12th Adar, 5761 (7th March,
2001)) |
Confidence of
the Knesset. |
3. The Government holds office by virtue
of the confidence of the Knesset. |
| Responsibility. |
4. The Government is collectively responsible
to the Knesset; each Minister is responsible to the Prime
Minister for the field of responsibility with which the
Minister has been charged. |
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