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This is a list of Prime Ministers of Israel since the establishment of that country in 1948.

[edit] Prime Ministers of Israel (1948-Present)

A total of twelve people have served as Prime Minister of Israel, five of whom have served on two non-consecutive occasions. Additionally, one person, Yigal Allon has served solely as an Interim Prime Minister. The other two who have served as Interim Prime Minister have gone on to become the Prime Minister.

#		Name	Portrait	Term start	Term end	Political Party
	1	David Ben-Gurion		14 May 1948	26 January 1954	Mapai
	2	Moshe Sharett		26 January 1954	3 November 1955	Mapai
	(1)	David Ben-Gurion		3 November 1955	26 June 1963	Mapai
	3	Levi Eshkol 1 2		26 June 1963	12 January 1966	Mapai
				12 January 1966	26 February 1969	Alignment
	Interim	Yigal Allon 2		26 February 1969	17 March 1969	Alignment
	4	Golda Meir		17 March 1969	3 June 1974	Alignment
	5	Yitzhak Rabin 3		3 June 1974	20 June 1977	Alignment
	6	Menachem Begin		20 June 1977	10 October 1983	Likud
	7	Yitzhak Shamir		10 October 1983	13 September 1984	Likud
	8	Shimon Peres 4		13 September 1984	20 October 1986	Alignment
	(7)	Yitzhak Shamir 4		20 October 1986	13 July 1992	Likud
	(5)	Yitzhak Rabin 5		13 July 1992	4 November 1995	Labour
	Interim	Shimon Peres 5		4 November 1995	22 November 1995	Labour
	(8)			22 November 1995	18 June 1996	Labour
	9	Benjamin Netanyahu		18 June 1996	6 July 1999	Likud
	10	Ehud Barak		6 July 1999	7 March 2001	One Israel/Labour
	11	Ariel Sharon 6		7 March 2001	21 November 2005	Likud
				21 November 2005	14 April 2006 (Incapacitated from 4 January 2006)	Kadima
	Interim	Ehud Olmert 7 8		14 April 2006 (Acting from 4 January 2006)	4 May 2006	Kadima
	12			4 May 2006	31 March 2009 8	Kadima
	(9)	Benjamin Netanyahu		31 March 2009	Present	Likud

¹ In 1965 Mapai merged with Ahdut HaAvoda to form the Labour Alignment, later renamed Alignment.

² Eshkol died while in office. Yigal Allon briefly served as acting prime minister until he was replaced by Meir.

³ Rabin resigned and called for early elections in December 1976. After he was re-elected as the Alignment's leader, he resigned as candidate for the upcoming elections on 7 April 1977, but continued to serve as prime minister until Begin's first government was formed.

⁴ After the 1984 elections, Likud and the Alignment reached a coalition agreement by which the role of prime minister would be rotated mid-term between them. Shimon Peres of the Alignment served as prime minister for the first two years, and then the role was passed to Yitzhak Shamir. After the 1988 election Likud was able to govern without the Alignment, and Yitzhak Shamir became prime minister again.

⁵ Rabin was assassinated while in office. Shimon Peres served as acting PM until 22 November 1995.

⁶ On 21 November 2005, PM Sharon, along with several other ministers and MKs, split from Likud over the issue of disengagement from the Gaza Strip and negotiations over the final status of the West Bank. Sharon formed a new party, Kadima, which would go on to compete in the following elections of March 2006. Sharon continued as Prime Minister.

⁷ As the result of Ariel Sharon suffering a severe stroke on 4 January 2006, and being put under general anaesthetic, Ehud Olmert served as the Acting Prime Minister (Hebrew: ממלא מקום ראש הממשלה בפועל‎) from 4 January ^[1] to 14 April, according to Basic Law: The Government: "Should the Prime Minister be temporarily unable to discharge his duties, his place will be filled by the Acting Prime Minister. After the passage of 100 days upon which the Prime Minister does not resume his duties, the Prime Minister will be deemed permanently unable to exercise his office." Basic Law: the Governmet 2001, section 16b In Sharon's case, this occurred on 14 April 2006, upon which Olmert became Interim Prime Minister.^[2]

⁸ Olmert officially resigned on 21 September 2008. With this his cabinet became an interim government, and he was the "interim" prime minister until the establishment of a new governing coalition (he was officially the prime minister, however, the government under him was an interim government, in this case). ^[3]

[edit] See also

• Prime Minister of Israel

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