2nd Knesset

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The 2nd Knesset was the second session of Israel’s national parliament, elected in 1951 and active during the early formative years of the Israeli state.

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2nd Knesset canonical 5
Second Knesset 4
כנסת השנייה 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset
unicameral legislature
coalitionPartnersIncluded General Zionists
Hapoel HaMizrachi
Mizrachi
linked to: Mizrachi movement

Progressive Party
Religious parties
country Israel
electionDate 1951-07-30
electorate citizens of Israel
endTime 1955-08-15
followedBy 3rd Knesset
linked to: Third Knesset
follows 1st Knesset
governmentNumberInIsrael 3
4
5
hasCommitteeType special committees
standing committees
hasJurisdiction territory of the State of Israel
hasPrimeMinisterDuringTerm David Ben-Gurion
Moshe Sharett
hasSpeaker Nahum Nir
Yosef Sprinzak
historicalContext early formative years of the State of Israel
languageOfWork Hebrew
legislativeBodyFor Israeli law
legislativePeriod 1951–1955
legislatureNumber 2
locatedInTimeZone Israel Standard Time
mainRulingParty Mapai
meetsIn Jerusalem
meetsInBuilding Frumin House
notableLegislationArea economic stabilization
immigration and absorption
security and defense
numberOfMembers 120
numberOfSeatsContested 120
ordinalNumber 2
oversightOf Government of Israel
parliamentOf State of Israel
linked to: Israel
partOf political system of Israel
precededByEvent 1951 Israeli legislative election
startTime 1951-08-20
typeOfElection national parliamentary election
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Pinchas Rosen memberOf Second Knesset
linked to: 2nd Knesset
Levi Eshkol memberOf 2nd Knesset
Mordechai Namir parliamentaryTerm 2nd Knesset
Mapam representedIn Second Knesset
subject linked to: Mapam (as separate party)
linked to: 2nd Knesset
שמעון פרס היה חבר כנסת כנסת השנייה
linked to: 2nd Knesset
Pinhas Rosen wasElectedTo Second Knesset
linked to: 2nd Knesset
Third Knesset precededBy Second Knesset
linked to: 2nd Knesset
1st Knesset followedBy 2nd Knesset