5th Knesset

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The 5th Knesset was the fifth session of Israel’s national legislature, elected in 1961 and active during the early 1960s political landscape of the young state.

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5th Knesset canonical 5
Fifth Knesset 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli legislative term
Knesset
category 1960s in Israeli politics
Knesset terms
coalitionPartner Ahdut HaAvoda
Mapam
National Religious Party
country Israel
deputySpeaker Yitzhak Rafael
election 1961 Israeli legislative election
endDate 1965-11-22
followedBy 6th Knesset
hasSessionNumber 1
2
3
jurisdiction State of Israel
linked to: Israel
languageOfProceedings Hebrew
legislativeBodyType unicameral legislature
legislatureOf State of Israel
linked to: Israel
meetingCity Jerusalem
meetingPlace Knesset building
minimumElectoralThreshold 1 percent
notableIssue Ben-Gurion resignation
formation of Levi Eshkol government
notableLegislationArea economic policy
immigration and absorption
security and defense
numberOfMembers 120
oppositionParty Herut
Liberal Party (Israel)
ordinalNumber 5
parliamentName Knesset
precededBy 4th Knesset
linked to: Fourth Knesset
presidentOfStateDuringTerm Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Zalman Shazar
primeMinisterDuringTerm David Ben-Gurion
Levi Eshkol
rulingPartyAtStart Mapai
speaker Kadish Luz
startDate 1961-11-20
timePeriod early 1960s
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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Pinchas Rosen memberOf Fifth Knesset
linked to: 5th Knesset
Levi Eshkol memberOf 5th Knesset
Mordechai Namir parliamentaryTerm 5th Knesset
Mapam representedIn Fifth Knesset
subject linked to: Mapam (as separate party)
linked to: 5th Knesset
Pinhas Rosen wasElectedTo Fifth Knesset
linked to: 5th Knesset
Fourth Knesset followedBy Fifth Knesset
linked to: 5th Knesset
6th Knesset precededBy 5th Knesset