Prime Minister of Israel

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.

Prime Minister of Israel רֹאשׁ הַמֶּמְשָׁלָה
Flag of the Prime Minister of Israel
Incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu since 29 December 2022
Prime Minister's Office
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Beit Aghion
Nominator	Knesset
Appointer	President of Israel
Term length	4 years (maximum)
Inaugural holder	David Ben-Gurion
Formation	14 May 1948
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	168,210 USD annually
Website	pmo.gov.il

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 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 (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 (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 (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 (1918–1980) Acting		Alignment Labor	26 February 1969	17 March 1969
4	Golda Meir (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 (1922–1995)		Alignment Labor	3 June 1974	20 June 1977			17th	Alignment • Indep.Liberals • Ratz • NRP
6	Menachem Begin (1913–1992)		Herut 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 (1915–2012)		Herut Likud	10 October 1983	13 September 1984			20th
8	Shimon Peres (1923–2016)		Alignment Labor	13 September 1984	20 October 1986	1984 (11th)		21st	Alignment • Likud • NRP • Aguda • Shas • Morasha • Shinui • Ometz
(7)	Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012)		Herut Likud	20 October 1986	22 December 1988			22nd
			Likud	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 (1922–1995)		Labor	13 July 1992	4 November 1995	1992 (13th)		25th	Labor • Meretz • Shas • Yiud
—	Shimon Peres (1923–2016)		Labor	4 November 1995	22 November 1995			26th
(8)				22 November 1995	18 June 1996
9	Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949)		Likud	18 June 1996	6 July 1999	1996 (14th)		27th	Likud-Gesher-Tzomet • Shas • NRP • BaAliyah • UTJ • Third Way
10	Ehud Barak (born 1942)		One Israel Labor	6 July 1999	7 March 2001	1999	(15th)	28th	One Israel • Shas • Meretz • BaAliyah • Centre • NRP • UTJ
11	Ariel Sharon (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 January 2006) 14 April 2006				Kadima • Likud • Aguda
—	Ehud Olmert (born 1945)		Kadima	4 January 2006	14 April 2006
12				14 April 2006	4 May 2006
				4 May 2006	31 March 2009	2006 (17th)		31st	Kadima • Labor • Shas • Gil • Beiteinu
(9)	Benjamin Netanyahu (born 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	9 April 2019	2015 (20th)		34th	Likud • Kulanu • The Jewish Home • Shas • UTJ • Yisrael Beiteinu
—				9 April 2019	17 May 2020	April 2019 (21st)
						September 2019 (22nd)
(9)				17 May 2020	13 June 2021	2020 (23rd)		35th	Likud • Blue and White • Shas • UTJ • Labor • Derekh Eretz • Gesher • The Jewish Home
13	Naftali Bennett (born 1972)		Yamina	13 June 2021	30 June 2022	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 2022	29 December 2022
(9)	Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949)		Likud	29 December 2022	Present	2022 (25th)		37th	Likud • Shas • UTJ • Religious Zionists • OY • Noam

Living former Prime Ministers

As of November 2024, four former prime minister are alive:

Image	Name	Term of office	Age
	Ehud Barak	1999 – 2001	82
	Ehud Olmert	2006 – 2009	79
	Naftali Bennett	2021 – 2022	52
	Yair Lapid	2022 – 2022	61

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