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Alternate Prime Minister of Israel
רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה הַחֲלִיפִי‎
Emblem of Israel
Incumbent Naftali Bennett since 13 June 2021
Nominator	Knesset
Appointer	President
Inaugural holder	Benny Gantz
Formation	17 May 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05-17)

The alternate prime minister of Israel (Template:Lang-he) is the de facto deputy of the prime minister of Israel and the second highest ranking cabinet minister, who is designated to replace the prime minister of Israel in a rotation government. The position was created de jure to resolve the 2019–2021 Israeli political crisis, alongside the formal rotation mechanism of the alternation government – however, it existed de facto in the 1984–88 rotation government, which was established on the basis of a non-binding rotation agreement. According to the Basic Law: The Government, the government swearing-in includes a target date for the prime minister and alternate prime minister to switch their posts. Government ministers report either to the prime minister or the alternate prime minister, with the prime minister being unable to dismiss cabinet ministers reporting to the alternate prime minister without the alternate prime minister's consent.

The current alternate prime minister is Naftali Bennett.

List of alternate prime ministers

De facto

No.	Portrait	Minister	Party	Government	Term start	Term end	Notes
N/A		Yitzhak Shamir	Likud Herut	21	13 September 1984	20 October 1986	Shamir was prime minister-designate in a rotation government with Shimon Peres. The rotation deal was not binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Shamir was that of an ordinary designated acting prime minister.
N/A		Shimon Peres	Alignment Labor Party	22	20 October 1986	22 December 1988	Shamir became prime minister on 20 October 1986, with Peres as his alternate, in accordance with the 1984 rotation deal. The rotation deal was not legally binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Peres was that of an ordinary designated acting prime minister.

De jure

No.	Portrait	Minister	Party	Government	Term start	Term end	Notes
1		Benny Gantz	Blue and White Resilience Party	35	17 May 2020	13 June 2021	Gantz was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Benjamin Netanyahu, and he would have come into office on 17 November 2021. In December 2020, the coalition collapsed, and was replaced by a new government on 13 June 2021.
2	File:Yair Lapid official portrait.jpg	Yair Lapid	Yesh Atid	36	13 June 2021	Incumbent	Lapid was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Naftali Bennett. He was expected to come into office on 27 August 2023 before the government collapsed in June 2022. He took over as Prime Minister in July 2022.
2		Naftali Bennett	Yesh Atid	36	13 June 2021	Incumbent	Bennett became Alternate Prime Minister after the early collapse of the thirty-sixth government of Israel, switching places with Yair Lapid.

See also

• Prime Minister of Israel
• Deputy leaders of Israel

Notes

1. While the Basic Law passed on 7 May 2020 used the phrasing "חלופי", the Academy of the Hebrew Language published on 11 May an article explaining that the proper Hebrew phrasing is "חליפי"

References

1. ^ Basic Law: The Government (in Hebrew). Retrieved 10 June 2020
2. "חלופי, חליפי, חילופי". Academy of the Hebrew Language (in Hebrew). 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
3. Eglash, Ruth (17 May 2020). "After three elections and political deadlock, Israel finally swears in new government". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
4. Shapira, Assaf (4 May 2020). "The Rotation Agreement — One State, Two Governments". The Israel Democracy Institute. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

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