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1949 Israeli presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Israel
type	presidential
next_election	1951 Israeli presidential election
next_year	1951
election_date	16 February 1949
image1	Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - President Chaim Weizmann (retouched).jpg
nominee1	Chaim Weizmann
electoral_vote1	83
party1	General Zionists
nominee2	Joseph Klausner
electoral_vote2	15
image2	Joseph Klausner.jpg
party2	Independent politician
title	President
after_election	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.

Candidates

There were two candidates:

Chaim Weizmann: The president of the Provisional State Council and the incumbent head of state, Weizmann was a leader of the Zionist cause and heavily involved in the Balfour Declaration and the Faisal-Weizmann Agreement regarding the formation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Joseph Klausner: A Jewish scholar and teacher of Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Results

The election was settled in the first round, with Weizmann gaining an absolute majority. 114 of the 120 members of the first Knesset voted. Weizmann was declared president on 17 February 1949.

References

Shoham Wechsler. (2024). "‘He is living Israeli flag’: The Right and the Presidency in Israel under Chaim Weizmann, 1948–1952". Middle Eastern Studies.

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