Levi Eshkol

Levi Eshkol (born Levi Shkolnik, October 25, 1895 – February 26, 1969) was the 3rd Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death in 1969. He is buried in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

Levi Eshkol לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל
3rd Prime Minister of Israel
In office 21 June 1963 – 26 February 1969
Preceded by	David Ben-Gurion
Succeeded by	Yigal Allon (Acting)
Minister of Defense
In office 26 June 1963 – 5 June 1967
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	David Ben-Gurion
Succeeded by	Moshe Dayan
Personal details
Born	Levi Shkolnik (1895-10-25)25 October 1895 Oratov, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	26 February 1969(1969-02-26) (aged 73) Jerusalem, Israel
Political party	Mapai, Alignment
Spouse(s)	Rebecca Maharshek (div. 1927) Elisheva Eshkol (d. 1959) Miriam Eshkol (until his death)
Children	4
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Prime Ministers of Israel

Alphabetical
Yigal Allon (HaMa'arakh) ---- Ehud Barak (Yisrael Ahat - HaAvoda) ---- Menachem Begin (HaLikud) ---- David Ben-Gurion (Mapai) ---- Naftali Bennett (HaYamin HeHadash) ---- Levi Eshkol (Mapai / HaMa'arakh) ---- Golda Meir (HaMa'arakh) ---- Benjamin Netanyahu (HaLikud) ---- Ehud Olmert (Kadima) ---- Shimon Peres (HaMa'arakh / HaAvoda) ---- Yitzhak Rabin (HaMa'arakh / HaAvoda) ---- Yitzhak Shamir (HaLikud) ---- Moshe Sharett (Mapai) ---- Ariel Sharon (HaLikud / Kadima)

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Chronological
David Ben-Gurion (Mapai, 1948-1954) ---- Moshe Sharett (Mapai, 1954-1955) ---- David Ben-Gurion (Mapai, 1955-1963) ---- Levi Eshkol (Mapai, 1963-1965; HaMa'arakh, 1965-1969) ---- Yigal Allon (acting) (HaMa'arakh, 1969) ---- Golda Meir (HaMa'arakh, 1969-1974) ---- Yitzhak Rabin (HaMa'arakh, 1974-1977) ---- Shimon Peres (acting) (HaMa'arakh, 1977) ---- Menachem Begin (HaLikud, 1977-1983) ---- Yitzhak Shamir (HaLikud, 1983-1984) ---- Shimon Peres (HaMa'arakh, 1984-1986) ---- Yitzhak Shamir (HaLikud, 1986-1992) ---- Yitzhak Rabin (HaAvoda, 1992-1995) ---- Shimon Peres (partly acting) (HaAvoda, 1995-1996) ---- Benjamin Netanyahu (HaLikud, 1996-1999) ---- Ehud Barak (Yisrael Ahat - HaAvoda, 1999-2001) ---- Ariel Sharon (HaLikud, 2001-2005; Kadima, 2005-2006) ---- Ehud Olmert (partly acting) (Kadima, 2006-2009) ---- Benjamin Netanyahu (HaLikud, 2009-2021) ---- Naftali Bennett (HaYamin HeHadash, 2021-)