Prime Minister of Israel
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| Prime Minister of Israel
רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Prime Minister of Israel[1] | |
| Prime Minister's Office | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Beit Aghion |
| Nominator | Knesset |
| Appointer | President of Israel |
| Term length | 4 years (maximum) |
| Inaugural holder | David Ben-Gurion |
| Formation | 14 May 1948 |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Salary | 168,210 USD annually[2] |
| Website | pmo.gov.il |
The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of Israel. The prime minister has the most powerful political job in the country and is usually the leader of the majority party or coalition in the Parliament of Israel. The current Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu who took office again in December 2022.
List of prime ministers
[change | change source]| Mapai/Alignment/Labor (7) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name (Lifespan) |
Portrait | Political party | Term of office | Elected (Knesset) |
Government | |||
| No. | Composition | ||||||||
| 1 | David Ben-Gurion
(1886–1973) |
|
Mapai | 14 May 1948 | 10 March 1949 | — | Prov. | Mapai • Mapam • HHaM • New Aliyah • S&O • Mizrachi • Gen.Zionists • Aguda | |
| 10 March 1949 | 1 November 1950 | 1949 (1st) | 1st | Mapai • URF • Progressives • S&O • DLN | |||||
| 1 November 1950 | 8 October 1951 | 2nd | |||||||
| 8 October 1951 | 24 December 1952 | 1951 (2nd) | 3rd | Mapai • Mizrachi • HHaM-Aguda-PAY • DLIA-P&W-A&D | |||||
| 24 December 1952 | 26 January 1954 | 4th | Mapai • Gen.Zionists • Progressive • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D | ||||||
| 2 | Moshe Sharett
(1894–1965) |
|
Mapai | 26 January 1954 | 29 June 1955 | 5th | |||
| 29 June 1955 | 3 November 1955 | 6th | Mapai • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D | ||||||
| (1) | David Ben-Gurion
(1886–1973) |
|
Mapai | 3 November 1955 | 7 January 1958 | 1955 (3rd) | 7th | Mapai • NRP • Mapam • AHaA • Progressives • DLIA-P&W-A&D • P&D-C&B[11] | |
| 7 January 1958 | 17 December 1959 | 8th | |||||||
| 17 December 1959 | 2 November 1961 | 1959 (4th) | 9th | ||||||
| 2 November 1961 | 26 June 1963 | 1961 (5th) | 10th | Mapai • NRP • AHaA • PAY • P&D-C&B | |||||
| 3 | Levi Eshkol
(1895–1969) |
|
Mapai | 26 June 1963 | 22 December 1964 | 11th | |||
| 22 December 1964 | 12 January 1966 | 12th | |||||||
| Alignment[1] Mapai/Labor |
12 January 1966 | 26 February 1969[2] | 1965 (6th) | 13th | Alignment • NRP • Mapam • Indep.Liberals • PAY • P&D-C&B • Gahal[11] • Rafi[11] | ||||
| — | Yigal Allon
(1918–1980) |
|
Alignment Labor |
26 February 1969[2] | 17 March 1969 | ||||
| 4 | Golda Meir
(1898–1978) |
|
Alignment Labor |
17 March 1969 | 15 December 1969 | 14th | |||
| 15 December 1969 | 10 March 1974 | 1969 (7th) | 15th | Alignment • Gahal[11] • NRP • Indep.Liberals • P&D-C&B | |||||
| 10 March 1974 | 3 June 1974 | 1973 (8th) | 16th | Alignment • NRP • Indep.Liberals | |||||
| 5 | Yitzhak Rabin
(1922–1995) |
|
Alignment Labor |
3 June 1974 | 20 June 1977[3] | 17th | Alignment • Indep.Liberals • Ratz[11] • NRP[11] | ||
| 6 | Menachem Begin
(1913–1992) |
|
Herut Likud[4] |
20 June 1977 | 5 August 1981 | 1977 (9th) | 18th | Likud • NRP • Aguda • Dash[11] | |
| 5 August 1981 | 10 October 1983 | 1981 (10th) | 19th | Likud • NRP • Aguda • Tami • Telem/MRSZ[11] • Tehiya[11] | |||||
| 7 | Yitzhak Shamir
(1915–2012) |
|
Herut Likud[4] |
10 October 1983 | 13 September 1984 | 20th | |||
| 8 | Shimon Peres
(1923–2016) |
|
Alignment Labor |
13 September 1984[5] | 20 October 1986 | 1984 (11th) | 21st | Alignment • Likud • NRP • Aguda • Shas • Morasha[11] • Shinui • Ometz | |
| (7) | Yitzhak Shamir
(1915–2012) |
|
Herut Likud[4] |
20 October 1986[5] | 22 December 1988 | 22nd | |||
| Likud[4] | 22 December 1988 | 11 June 1990 | 1988 (12th) | 23rd | Likud • Alignment • NRP • Shas • Aguda • Degel HaTorah | ||||
| 11 June 1990 | 13 July 1992 | 24th | Likud • NRP • Shas • Aguda • Degel HaTorah • New Liberal • Tehiya • Tzomet • Moledet • UPI • Geula | ||||||
| (5) | Yitzhak Rabin
(1922–1995) |
|
Labor | 13 July 1992 | 4 November 1995[6] | 1992 (13th) | 25th | Labor • Meretz • Shas[11] • Yiud[11] | |
| — | Shimon Peres
(1923–2016) |
|
Labor | 4 November 1995[6] | 22 November 1995 | 26th | |||
| (8) | 22 November 1995 | 18 June 1996 | |||||||
| 9 | Benjamin Netanyahu
(born 1949) |
|
Likud | 18 June 1996 | 6 July 1999 | 1996 (14th) | 27th | Likud-Gesher-Tzomet • Shas • NRP • BaAliyah • UTJ • Third Way | |
| 10 | Ehud Barak
(born 1942) |
|
One Israel Labor |
6 July 1999 | 7 March 2001 | 1999 | (15th) | 28th | One Israel • Shas • Meretz • BaAliyah • Centre • NRP • UTJ[11] |
11 |
Ariel Sharon
(1928–2014) |
|
Likud | 7 March 2001 | 28 February 2003 | 2001 | 29th | Likud • Labor-Meimad[11] • Shas[11] • Centre • NRP • UTJ • BaAliyah • NU-Beiteinu • New Way • Gesher | |
| 28 February 2003 | 21 November 2005[7] | 2003 (16th) | 30th | Likud • Shinui[11] • NU[11] • NRP[11] • Labor-Meimad • Aguda[11] | |||||
| Kadima | 21 November 2005[7] | (4 January 2006)[8] 14 April 2006 |
Kadima • Likud[11] • Aguda | ||||||
| — | Ehud Olmert
(born 1945) |
|
Kadima | 4 January 2006[8] | 14 April 2006 | ||||
| 12 | 14 April 2006 | 4 May 2006 | |||||||
| 4 May 2006 | 31 March 2009[9] | 2006 (17th) | 31st | Kadima • Labor • Shas • Gil • Beiteinu[11] | |||||
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu
(born 1949) |
|
Likud | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | 2009 (18th) | 32nd | Likud • Beiteinu • Shas • Labor/Indep.[11] • Jewish Home • UTJ[11] | |
| 18 March 2013 | 6 May 2015 | 2013 (19th) | 33rd | Likud • Yesh Atid • The Jewish Home • Yisrael Beiteinu • Hatnuah | |||||
| 6 May 2015 | 9 April 2019 | 2015 (20th) | 34th | Likud • Kulanu • The Jewish Home • Shas • UTJ • Yisrael Beiteinu[11] | |||||
| — | 9 April 2019 | 17 May 2020 | April 2019 (21st) | ||||||
| September 2019 (22nd) | |||||||||
| (9) | 17 May 2020 | 13 June 2021 | 2020 (23rd) | 35th | Likud • Blue and White • Shas • UTJ • Labor • Derekh Eretz[11] • Gesher • The Jewish Home | ||||
| 13 | Naftali Bennett
(born 1972) |
|
Yamina | 13 June 2021 | 30 June 2022[10] | 2021 (24th) | 36th | Yesh Atid • Blue and White • Yamina • Labor • Yisrael Beiteinu • New Hope • Meretz • United Arab List | |
| 14 | Yair Lapid
(born 1963) |
|
Yesh Atid | 1 July 2022 | 29 December 2022 | ||||
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu
(born 1949) |
|
Likud | 29 December 2022 | Present | 2022 (25th) | 37th | Likud • Shas • UTJ • Religious Zionists • OY • Noam | |
Living former Prime Ministers
[change | change source]As of November 2024, four former prime minister are alive:
| Image | Name | Term of office | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
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Ehud Barak | 1999 – 2001 | 82 |
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Ehud Olmert | 2006 – 2009 | 79 |
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Naftali Bennett | 2021 – 2022 | 52 |
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Yair Lapid | 2022 – 2022 | 61 |
The most recent prime minister to die was Shimon Peres, who died on September 28, 2016.
