Leader of the Opposition (Israel)

The Leader of the Opposition (, Rosh HaOpozitzya) is the politician who heads the official Opposition bloc in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. The leader of the Opposition is by convention the head of the political party not within the government according to the most votes received in the previous election.

 List of Opposition leaders 

 Leaders of the largest opposition party 
Name PortraitParty Term Meir Ya'ari  60px  Mapam  1949 – 1951 Peretz Bernstein  60px  General Zionists  1951 – 1952 Meir Ya'ari  60px  Mapam  1952 – 1955 Peretz Bernstein  60px  General Zionists  1955 Menachem Begin  60px  Herut/Gahal  1955 – 1967 Meir Ya'ari  60px  Mapam  1967 – 1969 Yitzhak-Meir Levin  60px  Agudat Yisrael  1969 – 1970 Menachem Begin  60px  Likud  1970 – 1977 Shimon Peres  60px  Alignment  1977 – 1984 Yuval Ne'eman  60px  Tehiya  1984 – 1988 Shulamit Aloni  60px  Ratz  1988 – 1990 Shimon Peres  60px  Labor  1990 – 1992 Yitzhak Shamir  60px  Likud  1992 – 1993 Benjamin Netanyahu  60px  Likud  1993 – 1996 Shimon Peres  60px  Labor  1996 – 1997 Ehud Barak  60px  Labor  1997 – 1999 Ariel Sharon 60px  Likud  1999 – 2000

 Designated Opposition Leaders 
After Amendment 8 to the "Knesset law" of 1994 was passed, the Leader of the Opposition became the person elected by the largest faction of the opposition.

Name PortraitParty Term Ariel Sharon  60px  Likud  30 July 2000 – 7 March 2001 Yossi Sarid  60px  Meretz  7 March 2001 – 4 November 2002 Binyamin Ben-Eliezer  60px  Labor  4 November 2002 – 28 February 2003 Amram Mitzna  60px  Labor  28 February 2003 – 13 May 2003 Dalia Itzik 60px  Labor  13 May 2003 – 25 June 2003 Shimon Peres  60px  Labor  25 June 2003 – 10 January 2005 Yosef Lapid  60px  Shinui  10 January 2005 – 23 November 2005 Amir Peretz  60px  Labor  23 November 2005 – 16 January 2006 Benjamin Netanyahu  60px  Likud  16 January  2006 – 6 April 2009 Tzipi Livni  60px  Kadima  6 April 2009 – 2 April 2012 Shaul Mofaz  60px  Kadima  2 April 2012 – 9 May 2012 Shelly Yachimovich  60px  Labor  9 May 2012 – 23 July 2012 Shaul Mofaz  60px  Kadima  23 July 2012 – 5 February 2013 Shelly Yachimovich  60px  Labor  5 February 2013 – 25 November 2013 Isaac Herzog  60px  Zionist Union  25 November 2013 – 31 July 2018 Tzipi Livni  60px  Zionist Union  1 August 2018 – 1 January 2019 Shelly Yachimovich  60px  Labor  1 January 2019 – 30 April 2019Vacant  30 April 2019 – 17 May 2020 Yair Lapid  60px  Yesh Atid 17 May 2020 – 13 June 2021 Benjamin Netanyahu  60px  Likud 13 June 2021 – 29 December 2022 Yair Lapid  60px  Yesh Atid 29 December 2022 – present

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Category:Lists of Leaders of the Opposition