The Knesset:
Speakers of the Knesset

(1949 - Present)

Knesset: Table of Contents | History & Overview | Role of the Speaker

Name	Party	Dates
Yuli Edelstein	Likud	2013 -
Reuven Rivlin	Likud	2009 - 2013
Dalia Itzik	Kadima	2006 - 2009
Reuven Rivlin	Likud	2003 - 2006
Avraham Burg	One Israel / Labor-Meimad	1999 - 2003
Dan Tichon	Likud	1996 - 1999
Shevah Weiss	Labor	1992 - 1996
Dov Shilansky	Likud	1988 - 1992
Shlomo Hillel	Alignment	1984 - 1988
Menachem Savidor	Likud	1981 - 1984
Yitzhak Berman	Likud	1980 - 1981
Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	1977 - 1980
Yisrael Yesh'ayahu-Shar'abi	Alignment	1972 - 1977
Reuven Barkat	Alignment	1969 - 1972
Kadish Luz	Mapai, Alignment	1959 - 1969
Nahum Nir	Ahdut Ha'avodah	1959
Joseph Shprinzak	Mapai	1949 - 1959

Sources: The Knesset