Provisional State Council

Provisional State Council

מועצת המדינה הזמנית‎

*Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit*
Provisional State Council ; מועצת המדינה הזמנית‎; Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	12 April 1948
Disbanded	3 February 1949
Leadership
Council President	Chaim Weizmann (1948–1949), General Zionists
Council Speaker	Yosef Sprinzak, Mapai
Prime Minister	David Ben-Gurion, Mapai
Structure
Seats	37
Political groups	Provisional government (30) Mapai (10); Mapam (3); General Zionists (3); New Aliyah (3); Mizrachi (3); Hapoel HaMizrachi (2); Agudat Yisrael (2); Sephardim and Oriental Communities (1); Ahdut HaAvoda-Poalei Tzion (1); Poale Zion Left (1); Independent (1); Opposition (7) Hatzohar (3); Poalei Agudat Yisrael (1); Maki (1); WIZO (1); Yemenite Association (1);

The Provisional State Council (Hebrew: מועצת המדינה הזמנית, Moetzet HaMedina HaZmanit) was the temporary legislature of Israel from shortly before independence until the election of the first Knesset in January 1949. It took the place of His Majesty's Privy Council, through which the British Government had legislated for Mandatory Palestine.