List of presidents of Israel

This is the list of presidents of the State of Israel.

Chairmen of the Provisional State Council (1948–1949)

Chairman						Elected (term)
No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term of office		Political party (at time of appointment)
1		David Ben-Gurion דוד בן-גוריון (1886–1973)	14 May 1948	16 May 1948	Mapai	—
2		Chaim Weizmann חיים עזריאל ויצמן (1874–1952)	16 May 1948	17 February 1949	General Zionists	—

List of presidents (since 1949)

President						Elected (term)
No.	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Term of office		Political party (at time of appointment)
1		Chaim Weizmann חיים עזריאל ויצמן (1874–1952)	17 February 1949	25 November 1951	General Zionists	1949 (1st)
			25 November 1951	9 November 1952[1]		1951 (2nd)
2		Yitzhak Ben-Zvi יצחק בן צבי (1884–1963)	16 December 1952	28 October 1957	Mapai	1952 (3rd)
			28 October 1957	30 October 1962		1957 (4th)
			30 October 1962	23 April 1963[2]		1962 (5th)
3		Zalman Shazar זלמן שז"ר (1889–1974)	21 May 1963	26 March 1968	Mapai	1963 (6th)
			26 March 1968	24 May 1973		1968 (7th)
4		Ephraim Katzir אפרים קציר (1916–2009)	24 May 1973	29 May 1978	Alignment	1973 (8th)
5		Yitzhak Navon יצחק נבון (1921–2015)	29 May 1978	5 May 1983	Alignment	1978 (9th)
6		Chaim Herzog חיים הרצוג (1918–1997)	5 May 1983	23 February 1988	Alignment	1983 (10th)
			23 February 1988	13 May 1993		1988 (11th)
7		Ezer Weizman עזר ויצמן (1924–2005)	13 May 1993	4 March 1998	Labor	1993 (12th)
			4 March 1998	13 July 2000[3]		1998 (13th)
8		Moshe Katsav משה קצב (born 1945)	1 August 2000	1 July 2007[4][5]	Likud	2000 (14th)
9		Shimon Peres שמעון פרס (1923–2016)	15 July 2007	24 July 2014	Kadima	2007 (15th)
10		Reuven Rivlin ראובן ריבלין (born 1939)	24 July 2014	7 July 2021	Likud	2014 (16th)
11		Isaac Herzog יצחק "בוז׳י" הרצוג (born 1960)	7 July 2021	Incumbent (Term expires in 2028)	Independent	2021 (17th)

References

• Official website of the President's Office Archived 2016-11-11 at the Wayback Machine