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1963 Israeli presidential election

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Field	Value
type	presidential
country	Israel
previous_election	1962 Israeli presidential election
previous_year	1962
next_election	1968 Israeli presidential election
next_year	1968
election_date	21 May 1963
image1	Zalman Shazar.jpg
nominee1	Zalman Shazar
party1	Mapai
electoral_vote1	67
image2	Peretz Bernstein.jpg
nominee2	Peretz Bernstein
party2	Israeli Liberal Party
electoral_vote2	33
title	President
before_election	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
before_party	Mapai
after_election	Zalman Shazar
after_party	Mapai

An election for President of Israel was held in the Knesset on 21 May 1963 following the death of the president Yitzhak Ben-Zvi on 23 April. Author, poet and politician Zalman Shazar was elected to the office.

Between Ben-Zvi's death and Shazar taking office on the day of the vote, Knesset speaker Kadish Luz served as acting president.

Candidates

There were two candidates:

Zalman Shazar: A member of the Knesset for Mapai, and former Minister of Education and editor of the Davar newspaper.
Peretz Bernstein: A member of the Knesset for the Liberal Party, former Minister of Trade and Industry and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Results

The election was settled in the first round, with Shazar gaining an outright majority of votes in the 120-seat Knesset.

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