List of Prime Ministers of Israel

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Ehud Olmert Ariel Scharon Benjamin Netanjahu Schimon Peres Jitzchak Schamir Menachem Begin Jitzchak Rabin Golda Meir Jigal Allon Levi Eschkol Mosche Scharet David Ben Gurion

When the State of Israel was founded in 1948 , it adopted a parliamentary system of government , with a Prime Minister ( Hebrew ראש הממשלה Rosh HaMemschala “head of government”) at the head of the government and a state president as head of state with predominantly representative tasks.

Israeli Prime Minister

Five of the twelve incumbents served for two separate terms.

No. Taking office End of office Prime Minister Political party annotation portrait
1 May 14, 1948 Jan. 26, 1954 David Ben-Gurion Mapai Ben-Gurion.jpg
2 Jan. 26, 1954 Nov 3, 1955 Moshe Sharet Mapai Moshe Sharett (1948) .jpg
1 Nov 3, 1955 June 26, 1963 David Ben-Gurion
(2nd time) 		Mapai Ben-Gurion.jpg
3 June 26, 1963 Feb. 26, 1969 Levi Eschkol Mapai died in office Levi Eshkol portrait.jpg
- Feb. 26, 1969 17th March 1969 Jigal Allon Avoda executive Yigal Allon.jpg
4th 17th March 1969 3rd June 1974 Golda Meir Avoda Golda Meir 03265u.jpg
5 3rd June 1974 June 20, 1977 Yitzhak Rabin Avoda Yitzhak Rabin (1986) cropped.jpg
6th June 20, 1977 Oct 19, 1983 Menachem Begin Likud Menachem Begin, Andrews AFB, 1978.JPG
7th Oct 19, 1983 13 Sep 1984 Yitzchak Shamir Likud Yitzhak Shamir (1980) .jpg
8th 13 Sep 1984 Oct. 20, 1986 Shimon Peres Avoda Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - MK Shimon Peres.jpg
7th Oct. 20, 1986 July 13, 1992 Yitzchak Shamir
(2nd time) 		Likud Yitzhak Shamir (1980) .jpg
5 July 13, 1992 Nov 4, 1995 Yitzchak Rabin
(2nd time) 		Avoda murdered in office Flickr - Israel Defense Forces - Life of Lt. Gene. Yitzhak Rabin, 7th IDF Chief of Staff in photos (11) .jpg
8th Nov 4, 1995 June 18, 1996 Shimon Peres
(2nd time) 		Avoda Managing director until November 20, 1995 Shimon Peres (1986) .jpg
9 June 18, 1996 July 6, 1999 Benjamin Netanyahu Likud Benjamin Netanyahu.jpg
10 July 6, 1999 March 7, 2001 Ehud Barak Avoda Ehud Barak Face.jpg
11 March 7, 2001 Apr 14, 2006 Ariel Sharon Likud, from 2005 Kadima declared incapacitated as a coma patient Ariel Sharon Headshot.jpg
12 Jan. 4, 2006 March 31, 2009 Ehud Olmert Kadima until April 14, 2006 and from September 21, 2008 only executive Ehud Olmert 2006May23.jpg
9 March 31, 2009 officiating Benjamin Netanyahu
(2nd time) 		Likud Benjamin Netanyahu 2012.jpg

Direct dial

The Israeli head of government was directly elected three times by the electorate. The direct election was supposed to simplify the formation of a government, but led to a weakening of the major parties and further fragmentation of the Knesset . Eventually they returned to traditional parliamentary government formation.

  • May 29, 1996: Benjamin Netanyahu 50.5%, Shimon Peres 49.5%.
  • May 17, 1999: Ehud Barak 56.1%, Benjamin Netanyahu 43.9%.
  • February 6, 2001: Ariel Sharon 62.4%, Ehud Barak 37.6%.

See also

Web links

Commons : Prime ministers of Israel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Elections to the Fourteenth Knesset website of the Knesset; accessed on October 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Elections to the Fifteenth Knesset website of the Knesset; accessed on October 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Elections to the Sixteenth Knesset website of the Knesset; accessed on October 6, 2018.