The Speaker of the Knesset (Hebrew: יושב ראש הכנסת, Yoshev Rosh HaKnesset) is the presiding officer in the Knesset, the unicameral legislature of Israel. The Speaker also fills the role of the President of Israel when the President is incapacitated. The current speaker is Yuli-Yoel Edelstein.
To date, Ahdut HaAvoda's Nahum Nir is the only Speaker not to have come from the ruling party, though in two cases (Avraham Burg and Reuven Rivlin) the party of the speaker (One Israel and Likud respectively) lost power during their term.
Knesset Speakers (1949–present)
A total of sixteen people have served as Speaker of the Knesset, one of whom, Reuven Rivlin, have served two non-consecutive terms.
References
List of Knesset speakers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA