President Reuven Rivlin met with all elected parties and received their recommendations for prime minister on 5 April 2021,[12] and gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate on 6 April. This was the first time in Israel's history where there were recommendations for three candidates (Netanyahu, Yair Lapid, and Naftali Bennett), rather than two, after the legislative election.[13] Netanyahu was given a mandate to form a new government by the end of 4 May,[14] but he failed to form a government by the deadline.[15]