15th Knesset

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The 15th Knesset was the Israeli parliament elected in 1999 that oversaw a turbulent political period marked by shifting coalitions, including Ehud Barak’s government and its successors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Knesset
unicameral legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Israel
coalitionGovernmentHeadedBy Ariel Sharon
Ehud Barak
country State of Israel
linked to: Israel
election 1999 Israeli legislative election
electionDate 1999-05-17
endTime 2003-02-17
followedBy 16th Knesset
governmentTypeDuringTerm parliamentary democracy
hasPrimeMinisterDuringTerm Ariel Sharon
Ehud Barak
hasSpeaker Avraham Burg
hasWebsite https://www.knesset.gov.il
jurisdiction Israel
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
legislativeBodyOf State of Israel
linked to: Israel
legislativeTermEnd 2003
legislativeTermStart 1999
locatedIn Israel
Jerusalem
majorPartyInKnesset Balad
Hadash
Likud
linked to: Likud party

Meretz
National Religious Party
One Israel
Shas
United Arab List
United Torah Judaism
Yisrael BaAliyah
meetsIn Knesset Building
notableEventDuringTerm Camp David Summit 2000 political repercussions
collapse of Ehud Barak coalition government
formation of Ariel Sharon national unity government
outbreak of the Second Intifada
numberOfMembers 120
numberOfSessions 4
ordinalNumber 15
parliamentOf Israel
precededBy 14th Knesset
startTime 1999-06-07
votingSystem party-list proportional representation

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