Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview released Thursday that he has a suitable person in mind to succeed him as premier, but refused to publicly name them.

“I think that there is someone to whom I am ready to give the keys to the country. I spoke to him about it, but I don’t want to designate a time,” Netanyahu said, without revealing the individual, on the Salon with Sharon podcast hosted by i24news’ Sharon Gal.

Netanyahu was apparently implying that he has decided which lawmaker would receive his backing to be premier; Israeli prime ministers do not formally designate their own successors.

Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, who has held power nearly uninterrupted since 2009, has so far given no indication that he plans to step down, and is on a campaign footing even as the date of the coming election, which must take place by October 27, has yet to be officially set.

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