In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “cabinet minister designated to replace the prime minister in a rotation government”. Today it says “de facto deputy of the prime minister of israel and the second highest ranking cabinet minister”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “cabinet minister designated to replace the prime minister in a rotation government”. Today it says “de facto deputy of the prime minister of israel and the second highest ranking cabinet minister”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Israeli government office created in 2020 The alternate prime minister of Israel ( Hebrew : ראש הממשלה החליפי , romanized : Rosh ha-memshela ha-ḥalifi ) 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 2018–2022 Israeli political crisis , alongside the formal rotation mechanism of the alternation government . 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 most recent alternate prime minister was Naftali Bennett , who served from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Basic Law: The Government (in Hebrew). The Israel Democracy Institute . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Alternate Prime Minister ( , Rosh HaMemshela HaHalifi ), is the cabinet minister designated to replace the prime minister in a rotation government . The position was created to resolve the 2019–20 Israeli political crisis . 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 and inaugural alternate prime minister is Benny Gantz . Under the terms of the coalition agreement, he will assume the post of prime minister on 17 November 2021. Basic Law: The Government (in Hebrew). The Israel Democracy Institute . The Times of Israel . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 963025517.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Israeli government office created in 2020 The alternate prime minister of Israel ( ) 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 2019–2022 Israeli political crisis , alongside the formal rotation mechanism of the alternation government .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 most recent alternate prime minister was Naftali Bennett , who served from 1 July to 8 November 2022. Basic Law: The Government (in Hebrew). The Israel Democracy Institute . There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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Then
cabinet minister designated to replace the prime minister in a rotation government
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de facto deputy of the prime minister of israel and the second highest ranking cabinet minister
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