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list of prime ministers of Israel

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Article History

This is a list of prime ministers of Israel organized chronologically from earliest to most recent.

David Ben-Gurion (first time, 1948–53)
Moshe Sharett (1953–55)
David Ben-Gurion (second time, 1955–63)
Levi Eshkol (1963–69)
Golda Meir (1969–74)
Yitzhak Rabin (first time, 1974–77)
Menachem Begin (1977–83)
Yitzḥak Shamir (first time, 1983–84)
Shimon Peres (first time, 1984–86)
Yitzḥak Shamir (second time, 1986–92)
Yitzhak Rabin (second time, 1992–95)
Shimon Peres (second time, 1995–96)
Benjamin Netanyahu (first time, 1996–99)
Ehud Barak (1999–2001)
Ariel Sharon (2001–06)
Ehud Olmert (2006–09)
Benjamin Netanyahu (second time, 2009–21)
Naftali Bennett (2021–22)
Yair Lapid (2022)
Benjamin Netanyahu (third time, 2022– )

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.