Parliament
Parliament is unicameral and is located in Jerusalem.
The Knesset has 120 members, who are elected to four-year terms by popular vote based on a party list. The body elects the president.
Presidents
1948-1948 David Ben-Gurion
1948-1952 Chaim Weizmann
1952-1952 Yosef Sprinzak
1952-1963 Izhak Ben Zvi
1963-1963 Kadish Luz
1963-1973 Zalman Shazar
1973-1978 Ephraim Katchalski (Katzir)
1978-1983 Yitzhak Navon
1983-1993 Chaim Herzog
1993-2000 Ezer Weizman
2000-2007 Moshe Katzav
2007-2007 Dalia Itzik (Acting)
2007 now Shimon Peres
Prime Ministers
1948-1953 David Ben Gurion
1953-1955 Moshe Sharett
1955-1963 David Ben Gurion
1963-1969 Levi Eshkol
1969-1969 Yigal Allon
1969-1974 Golda Meir
1974-1977 Yitzak Rabin
1977-1977 Shimon Peres
1977-1983 Menachem Begin
1983-1984 Yitzak Shamir
1984-1986 Shimon Peres
1986-1992 Yitzak Shamir
1992-1995 Yitzak Rabin
1995-1996 Shimon Peres
1996-1999 Benjamin Netanyahu
1999-2001 Ehud Barak
2001-2006 Ariel Sharon
2006-2009 Ehud Omert (Acting)
2009 now Binyamin Netanyahu
