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Deputy leaders in Israel fall into three categories; Acting Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. The latter two are honorary rather than official executive positions, but entitle the incumbent to a place in the cabinet. Acting Prime Ministers take the place of the Prime Minister if they are incapacitated.

Contents 1 Acting Prime Minister 1.1 List of Acting Prime Ministers 2 Vice Prime Minister 2.1 List of Vice Prime Ministers 3 Deputy Prime Minister 3.1 List of Deputy Prime Ministers 4 References 5 External links

The Acting Prime Minister (Hebrew: ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה‎, Memaleh Makom Rosh HaMemshela, lit. "Prime Minister's Place Holder"), confusingly sometimes referred to as Vice Prime Minister,^[1] (confusing as a different Vice Prime Minister role also exists) is the person designated to take the role of Prime Minister if he or she is incapacitated. The Acting Prime Minister retains the designation "Acting" even when he or she is not exercising the authority of the Prime Minister. Tzipi Livni is the current Acting Prime Minister, and would take power if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is unable to fulfill his duties.

The position was created in 1984 during the 11th Knesset, with the first person to hold the position, Yitzhak Shamir, taking office on 13 September 1984. The position was created as part of the coalition deal between the Alignment and Likud which allowed Shimon Peres to be Prime Minister for the first two years of the Knesset term, and then swap places with Shamir for the next two. The deal was continued into the 12th Knesset, but collapsed in 1990.

The position was resurrected in 2003, with Ariel Sharon appointing Ehud Olmert to the post. Olmert was called to take over the running of the government following Sharon's stroke in early 2006. After Sharon had been incapacitated for 100 days, Olmert became Interim Prime Minister.

Name	Party	Dates in Office
Yitzhak Shamir	Likud	13/9/1984 - 20/10/1986
Shimon Peres	Alignment	20/10/1986 - 15/3/1990
Ehud Olmert [1]	Kadima	28/2/2003 - 16/4/2006
Tzipi Livni	Kadima	4/5/2006 - present

1. ^ Olmert became Interim Prime Minister on 16 April 2006 following Ariel Sharon's incapacitation for 100 days.

The post of Vice Prime Minister (Hebrew: משנה ראש הממשלה‎, Mishneh Rosh HaMemshela) is also sometimes referred to as Vice Premier.

The role was created in 2005 when Ariel Sharon added Labour to his coalition and appointed Shimon Peres to the post. Although Peres lost the position when Labour left the government in November 2005, he regained it in May 2006 following his defection to Kadima and the party's victory in the 2006 elections. However, he resigned from the post on the day he won the election for President in June 2007. Haim Ramon was appointed to the post in a cabinet reshuffle in July 2007.

Name	Party	Dates in Office
Shimon Peres	Labour	10/1/2005 - 23/11/2005
Shimon Peres	Kadima	4/5/2006 - 13/6/2007
Haim Ramon	Kadima	4/7/2007 - present

The position of Deputy Prime Minister (Hebrew: סגן ראש הממשלה‎, Segan Rosh HaMemshela) was created in 1963 when Abba Eban was appointed to the post in Levi Eshkol's first government. In 1977 Menachem Begin became the first Prime Minister to have two deputies.

The title was scrapped from 1992-1996 during the term of the 13th Knesset, but was resurrected by Binyamin Netanyahu in 1996 when he appointed four Deputies. In Ehud Olmert's cabinet there are four, one from his own party, and the leaders of the three next largest parties in his coalition.

David Levy has had three spells as Deputy PM; from 1977 until 1992 and then again from 1996-1998 and 1999-2000. Each term was with a different party, Likud, Gesher and One Israel respectively.

Gov't	Name	Party	Dates in Office
3	Eliezer Kaplan [2]	Mapai	25/6/1952 - 13/7/1952
11-12	Abba Eban	Mapai	26/6/1963 - 12/1/1966
13-17	Yigal Allon	Alignment	1/7/1968 - 10/3/1974
18	Simha Erlikh	Likud	20/6/1977 - 5/8/1981
	Yigael Yadin	Dash, Democratic Movement, Independent
19	Simha Erlikh [3]	Likud	5/8/1981 - 19/6/1983
	David Levy	Likud	3/11/1981 - 10/10/1983
20	David Levy	Likud	10/10/1983 - 13/9/1984
21-23	David Levy	Likud	13/9/1984 - 11/6/1990
	Yitzhak Navon	Alignment
24	David Levy	Likud	11/6/1990 - 13/7/1992
	Moshe Nissim	Likud
27	David Levy	Gesher	18/6/1996 - 6/1/1998
	Zevulon Hammer [4]	National Religious Party	18/6/1996 - 20/1/1998
	Rafael Eitan	Tzomet	18/6/1996 - 6/7/1999
	Moshe Katsav	Likud
28	Yitzhak Mordechai	Centre Party	6/7/1999 - 30/5/2000
	David Levy	One Israel	6/7/1999 - 4/8/2000
	Binyamin Ben-Eliezer	One Israel	6/7/1999 - 7/3/2001
29	Shimon Peres	Labour	7/3/2001 - 2/11/2002
	Silvan Shalom	Likud	7/3/2001 - 28/2/2003
	Natan Sharansky	Israel BaAliya
	Eli Yishai	Shas	7/3/2001 - 23/5/2002 3/6/2002 - 28/2/2003
30	Tommy Lapid	Shinui	28/2/2003 - 4/12/2004
	Silvan Shalom	Likud	28/2/2003 - 15/1/2006
31	Amir Peretz	Labour	4/5/2006 - 18/6/2007
	Shaul Mofaz	Kadima	4/5/2006 - present
	Eli Yishai	Shas
	Avigdor Lieberman	Yisrael Beiteinu	30/10/2006 - present
	Ehud Barak	Labour	18/6/2007 - present

2, 3 & 4. ^ Died in office.

1. ^ Tzipi Livni Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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