1949 Israeli presidential election

1949 Israeli presidential election
16 February 1949 1951 →
 
Nominee Chaim Weizmann Joseph Klausner
Party General Zionists Independent
Electoral vote 83 15
Elected President

Chaim Weizmann

Indirect presidential elections were held in Israel on 16 February 1949 to elect the first president of the State of Israel. The president was elected by the 120 members of the Knesset and would replace the president of the Provisional State Council as head of state.[1]

  1. ^ Shoham Wechsler, ‘He is living Israeli flag’: The Right and the Presidency in Israel under Chaim Weizmann, 1948–1952, Middle Eastern Studies 0, 2023-05-03, p.1–12. doi: 10.1080/00263206.2023.2186858 Archived 2013-07-11 at the Wayback Machine