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| Start | 14 May 1948 |
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The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel. The incumbent since 29 December 2022 is Benjamin Netanyahu.[1]
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Twelve Prime Ministers
Fourteen people have served as Israel/Prime Minister, five of whom have served on two or three non-consecutive occasions. Additionally, one person, Yigal Allon, has served solely as an acting Prime Minister. The other two who have served as acting PM have gone on to become the Prime Minister.
Prime ministers changed names to sound Jewish
| How Israeli Prime Ministers Changed Their Names to Sound More Middle Eastern (5:20) ~ Richard Medhurst, 2024-05-24. |
| # | Prime Minister | Original Last Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) |
Gruen |
| 2. | Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) |
Chertok |
| 3. | Levi Eshkol (1895–1969) |
Shkolnik |
| 4. | Yigal Allon (1918–1980) |
Peikowitz |
| 5. | Golda Meir (1898–1978) |
Mabovitch |
| 6. | Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995) |
Rubitzov |
| 7. | Menachem Begin (1913–1992) |
Menahem |
| 8. | Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012) |
Icchak Yezernitsky |
| 9. | Shimon Peres (1923–2016) |
Szymon Perski |
| 10. | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) |
Binyamin Malikowski |
| 11. | Ehud Barak (born 1942) |
Brog |
| 12. | Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) |
Scheinermann |
| 13. | Yair Lapid (born 1963) |
Lampel |
| 14. | Naftali Bennett (born 1972) |
n/a |
| Why All Israeli Prime Ministers Have Fake Names! w/ George Galloway (11:39) ~ The Jimmy Dore Show, 2025-03-28. |
- BehindTheName.com: Israeli Presidents and Prime Ministers - This list is comprised of Israeli Presidents and Prime Ministers since the country's formation in 1948. The President is the head of state, a ceremonial role, while the Prime Minister is the head of government.
- Medium.com: Israel: New Names for Old - Hiding the History of European People, Muslim Places, and Palestine Itself ~ Will Shetterly, Nov 28, 2023.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naftali Bennett | 13 June 2021 | 30 June 2022 | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 31 March 2009 | 13 June 2021 | |
| Ehud Olmert | 4 January 2006 | 31 March 2009 | |
| Ariel Sharon | 7 March 2001 | 14 April 2006 | |
| Ehud Barak | 6 July 1999 | 7 March 2001 | |
| Benjamin Netanyahu | 18 June 1996 | 6 July 1999 | |
| Shimon Peres | 4 November 1995 | 18 June 1996 | |
| Yitzhak Rabin | 13 July 1992 | 4 November 1995 | Assassinated in office |
| Yitzhak Shamir | 20 October 1986 | 13 July 1992 | |
| Shimon Peres | 13 September 1984 | 20 October 1986 | |
| Yitzhak Shamir | 10 October 1983 | 13 September 1984 | |
| Menachem Begin | 21 June 1977 | 10 October 1983 | |
| Shimon Peres | 22 April 1977 | 21 June 1977 | |
| Yitzhak Rabin | 3 June 1974 | 22 April 1977 | |
| Golda Meir | 17 March 1969 | 3 June 1974 | |
| Yigal Allon | 26 February 1969 | 17 March 1969 | Acting |
| Levi Eshkol | 21 June 1963 | 26 February 1969 | |
| David Ben-Gurion | 3 November 1955 | 26 June 1963 | |
| Moshe Sharett | 26 January 1954 | 3 November 1955 | |
| David Ben-Gurion | 17 May 1948 | 26 January 1954 |
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Netanyahu | “Benjamin Netanyahu is "elegant and charming", according to a cable apparently penned by an official at the U.S. embassy in Egypt, "but never keeps his promises".” | Benjamin Netanyahu Wikileaks | 2010 |
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