Speaker of the Knesset

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The Speaker of the Knesset is the presiding officer and highest authority of Israel’s parliament, responsible for managing its proceedings and representing the legislature.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Knesset Speaker ⓘ
appointedBy Knesset ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy vote of the Knesset ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
electedBy members of the Knesset ⓘ
electionMethod plenary vote of the Knesset ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Israel ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo call Knesset to order ⓘ
grant or withdraw speaking rights in the Knesset ⓘ
rule on points of order in the Knesset ⓘ
hasDeputy Deputy Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
hasOfficialResidence Jerusalem ⓘ
hasStyle Madam Speaker ⓘ
Mr. Speaker ⓘ
linked to: Mister Speaker
inception 1949 ⓘ
isHighestAuthorityOf Knesset ⓘ
isPresidingOfficerOf Knesset ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
language Hebrew ⓘ
legalBasis Basic Laws of Israel ⓘ
legislativeBody Knesset ⓘ
memberOf Knesset ⓘ
nativeLabel יושב ראש הכנסת ⓘ
officeCreatedFor Knesset ⓘ
officeHoldsRank highest officer of the Knesset ⓘ
oversees Knesset Secretariat ⓘ
linked to: Knesset

administrative functioning of the Knesset ⓘ
participatesIn Israeli presidential inauguration ceremonies ⓘ
state ceremonies in Israel ⓘ
partOf political system of Israel ⓘ
precededBy Speaker of the Provisional State Council ⓘ
presidesOver Knesset ⓘ
represents Israeli legislature ⓘ
Knesset ⓘ
requiresMembershipIn Knesset ⓘ
responsibleFor announcing Knesset decisions ⓘ
enforcing Knesset rules of procedure ⓘ
ensuring decorum in the Knesset chamber ⓘ
maintaining order in Knesset debates ⓘ
managing Knesset agenda ⓘ
managing Knesset proceedings ⓘ
overseeing Knesset plenum sessions ⓘ
representing the Knesset in official state ceremonies ⓘ
scheduling Knesset sittings ⓘ
signing laws passed by the Knesset ⓘ
seat Knesset building, Jerusalem ⓘ
termLength duration of the Knesset term ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Knesset → hasPosition → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Reuven Rivlin → positionHeld → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Yosef Sprinzak → positionHeld → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Speaker of the Knesset → nativeLabel → יושב ראש הכנסת ⓘ
linked to: Speaker of the Knesset
Speaker of the Knesset → alsoKnownAs → Knesset Speaker ⓘ
linked to: Speaker of the Knesset
Deputy Speakers of the Knesset → subordinateTo → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Deputy Speakers of the Knesset → reportsTo → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Reuven Rivlin → positionHeld → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
subject linked to: Rivlin
Yitzhak Shamir → positionHeld → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
subject linked to: Shamir
Yitzhak Yezernitsky → positionHeld → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Member of the Knesset → relatedOffice → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
Yosef Sprinzak → positionHeld → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ
subject linked to: Sprinzak
Knesset Rules of Procedure → administeredBy → Speaker of the Knesset ⓘ