Last Updated on November 22, 2021
A list of Prime Ministers of the State of Israel from 1948 until the present.
Name | Term |
David Ben-Gurion דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן |
14 May 1948 – 26 January 1954 |
Moshe Sharett משֶׁה שָרֵת |
26 January 1954 – 3 November 1955 |
David Ben-Gurion דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן |
3 November 1955 – 26 June 1963 |
Levi Eshkol לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל |
26 June 1963 – 26 February 1969 |
Yigal Allon יִגְאָל אַלּוֹן |
26 February 1969 – 17 March 1969 |
Golda Meir גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר |
17 March 1969 – 3 June 1974 |
Yitzhak Rabin יִצְחָק רַבִּין |
3 June 1974 – 20 June 1977 |
Menachem Begin מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין |
20 June 1977 – 10 October 1983 |
Yitzhak Shamir יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר |
10 October 1983 – 13 September 1984 |
Shimon Peres שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס |
13 September 1984 – 20 October 1986 |
Yitzhak Shamir יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר |
20 October 1986 – 13 July 1992 |
Yitzhak Rabin יִצְחָק רַבִּין |
13 July 1992 – 4 November 1995 |
Shimon Peres שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס |
(4 November 1995) 22 November 1995 – 18 June 1996 |
Benjamin Netanyahu בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ |
18 June 1996 – 6 July 1999 |
Ehud Barak אֵהוּד בָּרָק |
6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001 |
Ariel Sharon אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן |
7 March 2001 – (4 January 2006 14 April 2006 |
Ehud Olmert אֵהוּד אוֹלְמֶרט |
(4 January 2006) 14 April 2006 – 31 March 2009 |
Benjamin Netanyahu בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ |
31 March 2009 – 13 June 2021 |
Naftali Bennett – נפטלי בנט
Alternate Prime Minister – Yair Lapid |
From 13 June 2021 Incumbent |
Did you know?
- David Ben Gurion was born David Green
- Yigal Allon graduated from the Kadoorie Agricultural High School in 1937 and was one of the founders of Kibbutz Ginosar
- For a time Golda Meir lived on Kibbutz Merhavia where she worked in the chicken coops
- Ehud Olmert served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003
- In his spare time Ehud Barak is a classical pianist with many years of study behind him
- Naftali Bennett’s parents were Olim from the USA