Basic Law: The Government
which the Minister is responsible.
- Jurisdiction
- Israel
- Provision
- 5
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(a) The Government is made up of the Prime Minister and Make-up of the other ministers, and in a rotation government - also the Government Alternate Prime Minister. (Amendments Nos. 1, 3 and 8 and temporary provision & No. 11) (b) The Prime Minister, and in a rotation government –the Alternate Prime Minister as well, shall be from among the Members of the Knesset. Another minister need not be from among the Members of the Knesset. (c) A minister shall be appointed to a ministry, but may be a minister without portfolio, or an additional minister in a ministry as detailed in article 24a. (d) One of the Ministers, who is a Member of the Knesset, may substitute for the Prime Minister. (e) A minister may be Deputy Prime Minister. (f) [Repealed]
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Basic Law: The Government · main.knesset.gov.il · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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