The Constitution, Law and Justice Committee[1] (or Constitution Committee for short) of the Knesset is one of the permanent Knesset committees. The committee deals with the state's constitution, the basic laws, the usual laws concerning legal procedures and questions from the fields of law, and laws such as elections and more.
Chairmen
editPortrait | Chairman | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nahum Nir (1884–1968) | 1949 | 1951 | Mapam | [2] | ||
Moshe Unna (1902–1989) | 1951 | 1955 | Hapoel HaMizrachi | [3] | ||
Zerah Warhaftig | 1955 | 1956 | Mafdal | |||
(1884–1968) | Nahum Nir1956 | 1959 | Ahdut HaAvoda | [2] | ||
Zerah Warhaftig | 1959 | 1961 | Mafdal | |||
(1902–1989) | Moshe Unna1961 | 1966 | Mafdal | [3] | ||
Yitzhak Raphael | 1966 | 1969 | Mafdal | |||
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir | 1969 | 1971 | Mafdal | |||
Yosef Goldschmidt | 1971 | 1974 | Mafdal | |||
Zerach Warhaftig | 1974 | 1977 | Mafdal | |||
David Glass | 1977 | 1981 | Mafdal | |||
Eliezer Kulas | 1981 | 1988 | Likud | |||
Uriel Lynn | 1989 | 1992 | Likud | |||
David Zucker | 1992 | 1996 | Meretz | |||
Shaul Yahalom | 1996 | 1998 | Mafdal | |||
Hanan Porat | 1998 | 1999 | Mafdal | |||
Amnon Rubinstein | 1999 | 2001 | Meretz | |||
Ophir Pines-Paz | 2001 | 2002 | Labor | |||
Michael Eitan | 2002 | 2006 | Likud | |||
Menachem Ben-Sasson | 2006 | 2009 | Kadima | |||
David Rotem | 2009 | 2015 | Yisrael Beiteinu | |||
Nissan Slomiansky | 2015 | 2019 | Jewish Home | |||
Ya'akov Asher | 2020 | 2021 | UTJ | |||
Gilad Kariv | 2021 | 2022 | Labor | |||
Simcha Rothman | 2022 | Present | Religious Zionist |
References
edit- ^ "Constitution, Law and Justice Committee". Knesset. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ a b "Nahum Nir". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ a b "Moshe Unna". main.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 2023-03-28.