Prime Minister of Israel

Prime Minister of Israel
רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה
Flag of the Prime Minister of Israel
Incumbent
Benjamin Netanyahu
since 29 December 2022
Prime Minister's Office
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceBeit Aghion
NominatorKnesset
AppointerPresident of Israel
Term length4 years (maximum)
Inaugural holderDavid Ben-Gurion
Formation14 May 1948
DeputyDeputy Prime Minister
Salary168,210 USD annually
Websitepmo.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

  Mapai/Alignment/Labor (7)     

  Herut/Likud (4)        Kadima (2)        Yamina (1)         Yesh Atid (1)

No. Name
(Lifespan)		 Portrait Political party Term of office Elected
(Knesset)		 Government
No. Composition
1 David Ben-Gurion

(1886–1973)

 Mapai 14 May 194810 March 1949 — Prov. Mapai • Mapam • HHaM • New Aliyah • S&O • Mizrachi • Gen.Zionists • Aguda
10 March 19491 November 1950 1949 (1st) 1st Mapai • URF • Progressives • S&O • DLN
1 November 19508 October 1951 2nd
8 October 195124 December 1952 1951 (2nd) 3rd Mapai • Mizrachi • HHaM-Aguda-PAY • DLIA-P&W-A&D
24 December 195226 January 1954 4th Mapai • Gen.Zionists • Progressive • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D
2 Moshe Sharett

(1894–1965)

 Mapai 26 January 195429 June 1955 5th
29 June 19553 November 1955 6th Mapai • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D
(1) David Ben-Gurion

(1886–1973)

 Mapai 3 November 19557 January 1958 1955 (3rd) 7th Mapai • NRP • Mapam • AHaA • Progressives • DLIA-P&W-A&D • P&D-C&B[11]
7 January 195817 December 1959 8th
17 December 19592 November 1961 1959 (4th) 9th
2 November 196126 June 1963 1961 (5th) 10th Mapai • NRP • AHaA • PAY • P&D-C&B
3 Levi Eshkol

(1895–1969)

 Mapai 26 June 196322 December 1964 11th
22 December 196412 January 1966 12th
Alignment[1]
Mapai/Labor		 12 January 196626 February 1969[2] 1965 (6th) 13th Alignment • NRP • Mapam • Indep.Liberals • PAY • P&D-C&B • Gahal[11] • Rafi[11]
— Yigal Allon

(1918–1980)
Acting

 Alignment
Labor		 26 February 1969[2]17 March 1969
4 Golda Meir

(1898–1978)

 Alignment
Labor		 17 March 196915 December 1969 14th
15 December 196910 March 1974 1969 (7th) 15th Alignment • Gahal[11] • NRP • Indep.Liberals • P&D-C&B
10 March 19743 June 1974 1973 (8th) 16th Alignment • NRP • Indep.Liberals
5 Yitzhak Rabin

(1922–1995)

 Alignment
Labor		 3 June 197420 June 1977[3] 17th Alignment • Indep.Liberals • Ratz[11] • NRP[11]
6 Menachem Begin

(1913–1992)

 Herut
Likud[4]		 20 June 19775 August 1981 1977 (9th) 18th Likud • NRP • Aguda • Dash[11]
5 August 198110 October 1983 1981 (10th) 19th Likud • NRP • Aguda • Tami • Telem/MRSZ[11] • Tehiya[11]
7 Yitzhak Shamir

(1915–2012)

 Herut
Likud[4]		 10 October 198313 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 198811 June 1990 1988 (12th) 23rd Likud • Alignment • NRP • Shas • Aguda • Degel HaTorah
11 June 199013 July 1992 24th Likud • NRP • Shas • Aguda • Degel HaTorah • New Liberal • Tehiya • Tzomet • Moledet • UPI • Geula
(5) Yitzhak Rabin

(1922–1995)

 Labor 13 July 19924 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 199518 June 1996
9 Benjamin Netanyahu

(born 1949)

 Likud 18 June 19966 July 1999 1996 (14th) 27th Likud-Gesher-Tzomet • Shas • NRP • BaAliyah • UTJ • Third Way
10 Ehud Barak

(born 1942)

 One Israel
Labor		 6 July 19997 March 2001 1999 (15th) 28th One Israel • Shas • Meretz • BaAliyah • Centre • NRP • UTJ[11]


11		 Ariel Sharon

(1928–2014)

 Likud 7 March 200128 February 2003 2001 29th Likud • Labor-Meimad[11] • Shas[11] • Centre • NRP • UTJ • BaAliyah • NU-Beiteinu • New Way • Gesher
28 February 200321 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 20064 May 2006
4 May 200631 March 2009[9] 2006 (17th) 31st Kadima • Labor • Shas • Gil • Beiteinu[11]
(9) Benjamin Netanyahu

(born 1949)

 Likud 31 March 200918 March 2013 2009 (18th) 32nd Likud • Beiteinu • Shas • Labor/Indep.[11] • Jewish Home • UTJ[11]
18 March 20136 May 2015 2013 (19th) 33rd Likud • Yesh Atid • The Jewish Home • Yisrael Beiteinu • Hatnuah
6 May 20159 April 2019 2015 (20th) 34th Likud • Kulanu • The Jewish Home • Shas • UTJ • Yisrael Beiteinu[11]
— 9 April 201917 May 2020 April 2019 (21st)
September 2019 (22nd)
(9) 17 May 202013 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 202130 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 202229 December 2022
(9) Benjamin Netanyahu

(born 1949)

 Likud 29 December 2022Present 2022 (25th) 37th Likud • Shas • UTJ • Religious Zionists • OY • Noam

Living former Prime Ministers

As of October 2026, four former prime minister are alive:

ImageNameTerm of officeAge
Ehud Barak 1999 – 2001 84
Ehud Olmert 2006 – 2009 81
Naftali Bennett 2021 – 2022 54
Yair Lapid 2022 – 2022 62

The most recent prime minister to die was Shimon Peres, who died on September 28, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Flags of the Israel Defense Forces
  2. ↑ "IG.com Pay Check". IG. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2020-10-12.