Basic Law: The Government
The Prime Minister or
- Jurisdiction
- Israel
- Provision
- 21
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source(a) The Prime Minister, who has ceased to be a Member his substitute, who of the Knesset, shall be deemed to have resigned from have ceased to be his office on the day that his membership in the Members of the Knesset ended. The resignation of the Prime Minister Knesset is equivalent to the resignation of the Government. (b) A Minister, who is serving as a substitute for the Prime Minister, who has ceased to serve as Member of the Knesset, shall cease to serve as the substitute Prime Minister.
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Basic Law: The Government · main.knesset.gov.il · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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