Israeli order of precedence

The Israeli Ceremonial Protocol does not define an order of precedence. It does define, however, the group of officials that are to attend ceremonial events (Hebrew: Segel Aleph, סגל א'). This group consists of:

1. The President of Israel (נשיא מדינת ישראל) (Reuven Rivlin)
2. The Prime Minister of Israel (ראש ממשלת ישראל) (Benjamin Netanyahu)
3. The Speaker of the Knesset (יו"ר הכנסת) (Yariv Levin)
4. The President of the Supreme Court of Israel (נשיא בית המשפט העליון) (Esther Hayut)
5. The Chief Rabbis (הרבנים הראשיים לישראל) (David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef)
6. Former Presidents of Israel (נשיאי המדינה בעבר) (Moshe Katsav)
7. Ministers of the Government (Benny Gantz, Alon Schuster, Pnina Tamano-Shata, Orly Levy, Yaakov Litzman, Hili Tropper, Dudi Amsalem, Michael Biton, Omer Yankelevich, Amir Peretz, Yoav Galant, Gila Gamliel, Israel Katz, Gabi Ashkenazi, Yuli Edelstein, Eli Cohen, Aryeh Deri, Rafi Peretz, Avi Nissenkorn, Itzik Shmuli, Yuval Steinitz, Amir Ohana, Ofir Akunis, Ya'akov Avitan, Yizhar Shai, Tzachi Hanegbi, Meirav Cohen, Orit Farkash-Hacohen, and Miri Regev)
8. The Leader of the Opposition (יו"ר האופוזיציה) (Yair Lapid)
9. Head of the Coalition (ראש הקואליציה)
10. Justices of the Supreme Court of Israel (שופטי בית המשפט העליון) (Hanan Melcer, Neal Hendel, Uzi Vogelman, Yitzhak Amit, Noam Sohlberg, Daphne Barak-Erez, Menachem Mazuz, Anat Baron, George Karra, David Mintz, Yosef Elron,Yael Willner, Ofer Grosskopf, and Alex Stein)
11. The Attorney General of Israel (היועץ המשפטי לממשלה) (Avichai Mandelblit)
12. The State Comptroller (מבקר המדינה) (Matanyahu Englman)
13. The Governor of the Bank of Israel (נגיד בנק ישראל) (Amir Yaron)
14. Chairman of the World Zionist Organization (יו" הנהלת ההסתדרות הציונית העולמית) (Yaakov Hagoel)
15. Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (יו"ר הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל) (Isaac Herzog)
16. The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps (זקן הסגל הדיפלומטי)
17. The Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (הרמטכ"ל) (Aviv Kochavi)
18. The Police Commissioner (מפכ"ל המשטרה) (Roni Alsheikh)
19. Members of the Knesset (חברי הכנסת)

    See List of members of the twenty-third Knesset

20. Commander of the Prison Service, Commissioner of the Fire and Rescue Commission
21. Former Prime Ministers, Speakers of Knesset, Chief Rabbis, Presidents of the Supreme court and widows of former Presidents (Ehud Barak, Ehud Olmert, Shlomo Hillel, Shevah Weiss, Dan Tichon, Avraham Burg, Dalia Itzik, Yisrael Meir Lau, Yona Metzger, Shlomo Amar, Aharon Barak, Dorit Beinisch, Asher Grunis, Miriam Naor, Aura Herzog, and Reuma Weizman)
22. Heads of Diplomatic Missions
23. Representatives of the minority communities in Israel – Christians, Muslims, Druze, and Circassians
24. Mayor of Jerusalem (Moshe Lion)

External links

• Israeli protocol