An election for
President of Israel was held in the
Knesset on 21 May 1963 following the death of the county's second president,
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi on 23 April. Between Ben-Zvi's death and the winner of the election,
Zalman Shazar, taking office on the day of the vote,
Knesset speakerKadish Luz served as acting president.