Editing President of Israel (section)

==Election==
The President of Israel is elected by an [[Majority|absolute majority]] in the Knesset, by [[secret ballot]]. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes in the first or second round of voting, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated in each subsequent round, if needed until only two remain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loi fondamentale |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/1960-1969/Pages/Basic%20Law-%20The%20President%20of%20the%20State.aspx |access-date=23 December 2020 |website=mfa.gov.il}}.</ref> From 1949 to 2000, the president was elected for a five-year term, and was allowed to serve up to two terms in office. Since 2000, the president serves a single seven-year term.

Any Israeli resident citizen is eligible to run for president; as there is no minimum age of candidacy, this would even allow a minor to hypothetically be elected. An age limit of 40 was considered, but rejected by the Knesset as unnecessary. The office falls vacant upon completion of a term, death, resignation, or the decision of three-quarters of the Knesset to remove the president on grounds of misconduct or incapacity. Presidential tenure is not keyed to that of the Knesset, in order to assure continuity in government and the non-partisan character of the office. There is no [[vice president]] in the Israeli governmental system. If the president is temporarily incapacitated, or leaves office, the [[speaker of the Knesset]] becomes [[Acting (law)|acting]] president.

The [[1949 Israeli presidential election|first presidential election]] took place on 16 February 1949, and the winner was [[Chaim Weizmann]]. The [[1951 Israeli presidential election|second]] took place in 1951, as at the time presidential terms were linked to the length of the Knesset term (the [[1949 Israeli Constituent Assembly election|first Knesset]] lasted only two years). [[1952 Israeli presidential election|Another election]] took place the following year after Weizmann's death.

Since then, elections have been held in [[1957 Israeli presidential election|1957]], [[1962 Israeli presidential election|1962]], [[1963 Israeli presidential election|1963]] (an early election following [[Yitzhak Ben-Zvi]]'s death), [[1968 Israeli presidential election|1968]], [[1973 Israeli presidential election|1973]], [[1978 Israeli presidential election|1978]], [[1983 Israeli presidential election|1983]], [[1988 Israeli presidential election|1988]], [[1993 Israeli presidential election|1993]], [[1998 Israeli presidential election|1998]], [[2000 Israeli presidential election|2000]], [[2007 Israeli presidential election|2007]], [[2014 Israeli presidential election|2014]], and [[2021 Israeli presidential election|2021]]{{Update after|2028|07|09}}. Six elections (1951, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1978, and 1988) have taken place with no opposition candidate, although a vote was still held.

[[Isaac Herzog]] was [[2021 Israeli presidential election|elected 11th President on 2 June 2021]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=מורן |last2=נחשוני |first2=קובי |last3=שומפלבי |first3=אטילה |last4=כהן |first4=גלעד |date=2021-06-02 |title=יצחק הרצוג נבחר לנשיא ה-11 של מדינת ישראל |language=he |work=ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/r1Ye3TN900 |access-date=2021-06-02}}</ref> His term started on 9 July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Isaac Herzog elected 11th President of the State of Israel by wide margin |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/voting-begins-in-race-for-president-watch-669876 |access-date=2023-09-23 |website=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref>