List of Knesset speakers
Knesset Speakers (1949–present)
Table:
Speaker	Knesset

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office	Political Party

1	-	Yosef Sprinzak יוסף שפרינצק‬ (1885–1959)	14 February 1949	28 January 1959	Mapai	1, 2, 3

2	-	Nahum Nir נחום ניר‬ (1884–1968)	2 March 1959	30 November 1959	Ahdut HaAvoda	3

3	-	Kadish Luz קדיש לוז‬ (1895–1972)	30 November 1959	17 November 1969	Mapai, Alignment	4, 5, 6

4	-	Reuven Barkat ראובן ברקת‬ (1906–1972)	17 November 1969	5 April 1972	Alignment	7

5	-	Yisrael Yeshayahu Sharabi ישראל ישעיהו שרעבי‬ (1908–1979)	9 May 1972	13 June 1977	Alignment	7, 8

6	-	Yitzhak Shamir יצחק שמיר‬ (1915–2012)	13 June 1977	10 March 1980	Likud	9

7	Yitzhak Berman יצחק ברמן‬ (1913–2013)	12 March 1980	20 July 1981	Likud	9

8	Menachem Savidor מנחם סבידור‬ (1917–1988)	20 July 1981	13 August 1984	Likud	10

9	-	Shlomo Hillel שלמה הלל‬ (1923–)	11 September 1984	20 November 1988	Alignment	11

10	Dov Shilansky דב שילנסקי‬ (1924–2010)	21 November 1988	13 July 1992	Likud	12

11	Szewach Weiss.JPG	Shevah Weiss שבח וייס‬ (1935–)	13 July 1992	24 June 1996	Labor	13

12	-	Dan Tichon דן תיכון‬ (1937–)	24 June 1996	7 June 1999	Likud	14

13	-	Avraham Burg אברהם בורג‬ (1955–)	6 July 1999	17 February 2003	One Israel, Labor	15

14	Reuven Rivlin Senate of Poland.JPG	Reuven Rivlin ראובן ריבלין‬ (1939–)	19 February 2003	4 May 2006	Likud	16

15	-	Dalia Itzik דליה איציק‬ (1952–)	4 May 2006	30 March 2009	Kadima	17

(14)	Reuven Rivlin Senate of Poland.JPG	Reuven Rivlin ראובן ריבלין‬ (1939–)	30 March 2009	5 February 2013	Likud	18

16	-	Yuli-Yoel Edelstein יולי-יואל אדלשטיין‬ (1958–)	18 March 2013	Incumbent	Likud	19, 20

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