No. Name (Birth -- Death) Portrait Political Party Term of Office Elected (Knesset) Government No. Composition 1 David Ben - Gurion דָּוִד בֶּן - גּוּרִיּוֹן ‎ (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 משֶׁה שָרֵת ‎ (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 דָּוִד בֶּן - גּוּרִיּוֹן ‎ (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 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 לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל ‎ (1895 -- 1969) Mapai 26 June 1963 22 December 1964 11th 22 December 1964 12 January 1966 12th Alignment Mapai / Labor 12 January 1966 26 February 1969 1965 (6th) 13th Alignment NRP Mapam Indep. Liberals PAY P&D - C&B Gahal Rafi -- Yigal Allon (acting) יִגְאָל אַלּוֹן ‎ (1918 -- 1980) Alignment Labor 26 February 1969 17 March 1969 4 Golda Meir גּוֹלְדָּה מֵאִיר ‎ (1898 -- 1978) Alignment Labor 17 March 1969 15 December 1969 14th 15 December 1969 10 March 1974 1969 (7th) 15th Alignment Gahal NRP Indep. Liberals P&D - C&B 10 March 1974 3 June 1974 1973 (8th) 16th Alignment NRP Indep. Liberals 5 Yitzhak Rabin יִצְחָק רַבִּין ‎ (1922 -- 1995) Alignment Labor 3 June 1974 20 June 1977 17th Alignment Indep. Liberals Ratz NRP 6 Menachem Begin מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין ‎ (1913 -- 1992) Likud 20 June 1977 5 August 1981 1977 (9th) 18th Likud NRP Aguda Dash 5 August 1981 10 October 1983 1981 (10th) 19th Likud NRP Aguda Tami Telem / MRSZ Tehiya 7 Yitzhak Shamir יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר ‎ (1915 -- 2012) Likud 10 October 1983 13 September 1984 20th 8 Shimon Peres שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס ‎ (1923 -- 2016) Alignment Labor 13 September 1984 20 October 1986 1984 (11th) 21st Alignment Likud NRP Aguda Shas Morasha Shinui Ometz (7) Yitzhak Shamir יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר ‎ (1915 -- 2012) Likud 20 October 1986 22 December 1988 22nd 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 יִצְחָק רַבִּין ‎ (1922 -- 1995) Labor 13 July 1992 4 November 1995 1992 (13th) 25th Labor Meretz Shas Yiud (8) Shimon Peres שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס ‎ (1923 -- 2016) Labor (acting, 4 Nov. 1995) 22 November 1995 18 June 1996 26th 9 Benjamin Netanyahu בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ ‎ (1949 --) Likud 18 June 1996 6 July 1999 1996 14th 27th Likud - Gesher - Tzomet Shas NRP BaAliyah UTJ Third Way 10 Ehud Barak אֵהוּד בָּרָק ‎ (1942 --) One Israel Labor 6 July 1999 7 March 2001 1999 15th 28th One Israel Shas Meretz BaAliyah Centre NRP UTJ 11 Ariel Sharon אֲרִיאֵל שָׁרוֹן ‎ (1928 -- 2014) Likud 7 March 2001 28 February 2003 2001 29th Likud Labor - Meimad Shas Centre NRP UTJ BaAliyah NU - Beiteinu New Way Gesher 28 February 2003 21 November 2005 2003 (16th) 30th Likud Shinui NU NRP Labor - Meimad Aguda Kadima 21 November 2005 (4 Jan. 2006) 14 April 2006 Kadima Likud Agudat 12 Ehud Olmert אֵהוּד אוֹלְמֶרט ‎ (1945 --) Kadima (acting, 4 Jan. 2006) 14 April 2006 4 May 2006 4 May 2006 31 March 2009 2006 (17th) 31st Kadima Labor Shas Gil Beiteinu (9) Benjamin Netanyahu בִּנְיָמִין נְתַנְיָהוּ ‎ (1949 --) Likud 31 March 2009 18 March 2013 2009 (18th) 32nd Likud Beiteinu Shas Labor / Indep. Jewish Home UTJ 18 March 2013 6 May 2015 2013 (19th) 33rd Likud Yesh Atid The Jewish Home Yisrael Beiteinu Hatnuah 6 May 2015 Incumbent 2015 (20th) 34th Likud Kulanu The Jewish Home Shas UTJ Yisrael Beiteinu
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