# List of prime ministers of Israel

* David Ben-Gurion (top left) was the first prime minister of Israel.
* Benjamin Netanyahu (top right) is the longest-serving and incumbent prime minister, as well as the first Israeli prime minister to be born in the State of Israel after its independence.
* Yair Lapid (bottom left) is considered the shortest-serving prime minister. If acting prime ministers are counted, however, that title goes to Yigal Allon (bottom right).
The prime minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel.
Since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, 14 people have served as the prime minister of Israel, 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 prime minister have gone on to become the prime minister.
The incumbent prime minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu, who assumed office on 29 December 2022. He also held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Having served for more than 17 years, Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.

## Prime ministers of Israel (1948–present)

Mapai/Alignment/Labor (7)       Herut/Likud (4)       Kadima (2)       Yamina (1)        Yesh Atid (1) :
| No. | Name (Lifespan) | Portrait | Political party | Term of office | Term of office | Elected (Knesset) | Elected (Knesset) | Government | Government |
| No. | Name (Lifespan) | Portrait | Political party | Term of office | Term of office | Elected (Knesset) | Elected (Knesset) | 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 |
| 1 | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 10 March 1949 | 1 November 1950 | 1949 (1st) | 1949 (1st) | 1st | Mapai • URF • Progressives • S&O • DLN |
| 1 | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 1 November 1950 | 8 October 1951 | 1949 (1st) | 1949 (1st) | 2nd | Mapai • URF • Progressives • S&O • DLN |
| 1 | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 8 October 1951 | 24 December 1952 | 1951 (2nd) | 1951 (2nd) | 3rd | Mapai • Mizrachi • HHaM-Aguda-PAY • DLIA-P&W-A&D |
| 1 | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 24 December 1952 | 7 December 1953 | 1951 (2nd) | 1951 (2nd) | 4th | Mapai • Gen.Zionists • Progressive • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D |
| 2 | Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) | | Mapai | 7 December 1953 | 26 January 1954 | 1951 (2nd) | 1951 (2nd) | 4th | Mapai • Gen.Zionists • Progressive • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D |
| 2 | Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) | | Mapai | 26 January 1954 | 29 June 1955 | 1951 (2nd) | 1951 (2nd) | 5th | Mapai • Gen.Zionists • Progressive • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D |
| 2 | Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) | | Mapai | 29 June 1955 | 3 November 1955 | 1951 (2nd) | 1951 (2nd) | 6th | Mapai • Mizrachi • HHaM • DLIA-P&W-A&D |
| (1) | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 3 November 1955 | 7 January 1958 | 1955 (3rd) | 1955 (3rd) | 7th | Mapai • NRP • Mapam • AHaA • Progressives • DLIA-P&W-A&D • P&D-C&B |
| (1) | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 7 January 1958 | 17 December 1959 | 1955 (3rd) | 1955 (3rd) | 8th | Mapai • NRP • Mapam • AHaA • Progressives • DLIA-P&W-A&D • P&D-C&B |
| (1) | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 17 December 1959 | 2 November 1961 | 1959 (4th) | 1959 (4th) | 9th | Mapai • NRP • Mapam • AHaA • Progressives • DLIA-P&W-A&D • P&D-C&B |
| (1) | David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) | | Mapai | 2 November 1961 | 26 June 1963 | 1961 (5th) | 1961 (5th) | 10th | Mapai • NRP • AHaA • PAY • P&D-C&B |
| 3 | Levi Eshkol (1895–1969) | | Mapai | 26 June 1963 | 22 December 1964 | 1961 (5th) | 1961 (5th) | 11th | Mapai • NRP • AHaA • PAY • P&D-C&B |
| 3 | Levi Eshkol (1895–1969) | | Mapai | 22 December 1964 | 12 January 1966 | 1961 (5th) | 1961 (5th) | 12th | Mapai • NRP • AHaA • PAY • P&D-C&B |
| 3 | Levi Eshkol (1895–1969) | | Alignment Mapai/Labor | 12 January 1966 | 26 February 1969 | 1965 (6th) | 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 | 1965 (6th) | 1965 (6th) | 13th | Alignment • NRP • Mapam • Indep.Liberals • PAY • P&D-C&B • Gahal • Rafi |
| 4 | Golda Meir (1898–1978) | | Alignment Labor | 17 March 1969 | 15 December 1969 | 1965 (6th) | 1965 (6th) | 14th | Alignment • NRP • Mapam • Indep.Liberals • PAY • P&D-C&B • Gahal • Rafi |
| 4 | Golda Meir (1898–1978) | | Alignment Labor | 15 December 1969 | 10 March 1974 | 1969 (7th) | 1969 (7th) | 15th | Alignment • Gahal • NRP • Indep.Liberals • P&D-C&B |
| 4 | Golda Meir (1898–1978) | | Alignment Labor | 10 March 1974 | 3 June 1974 | 1973 (8th) | 1973 (8th) | 16th | Alignment • NRP • Indep.Liberals |
| 5 | Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995) | | Alignment Labor | 3 June 1974 | 20 June 1977 | 1973 (8th) | 1973 (8th) | 17th | Alignment • Indep.Liberals • Ratz • NRP |
| 6 | Menachem Begin (1913–1992) | | Herut Likud | 20 June 1977 | 5 August 1981 | 1977 (9th) | 1977 (9th) | 18th | Likud • NRP • Aguda • Dash |
| 6 | Menachem Begin (1913–1992) | | Herut Likud | 5 August 1981 | 10 October 1983 | 1981 (10th) | 1981 (10th) | 19th | Likud • NRP • Aguda • Tami • Telem/MRSZ • Tehiya |
| 7 | Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012) | | Herut Likud | 10 October 1983 | 13 September 1984 | 1981 (10th) | 1981 (10th) | 20th | Likud • NRP • Aguda • Tami • Telem/MRSZ • Tehiya |
| 8 | Shimon Peres (1923–2016) | | Alignment Labor | 13 September 1984 | 20 October 1986 | 1984 (11th) | 1984 (11th) | 21st | Alignment • Likud • NRP • Aguda • Shas • Morasha • Shinui • Ometz |
| (7) | Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012) | | Herut Likud | 20 October 1986 | 22 December 1988 | 1984 (11th) | 1984 (11th) | 22nd | Alignment • Likud • NRP • Aguda • Shas • Morasha • Shinui • Ometz |
| (7) | Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012) | | Likud | 22 December 1988 | 11 June 1990 | 1988 (12th) | 1988 (12th) | 23rd | Likud • Alignment • NRP • Shas • Aguda • Degel HaTorah |
| (7) | Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012) | | Likud | 11 June 1990 | 13 July 1992 | 1988 (12th) | 1988 (12th) | 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) | 1992 (13th) | 25th | Labor • Meretz • Shas • Yiud |
| — | Shimon Peres (1923–2016) | | Labor | 4 November 1995 | 22 November 1995 | 1992 (13th) | 1992 (13th) | 26th | Labor • Meretz • Shas • Yiud |
| (8) | Shimon Peres (1923–2016) | | Labor | 22 November 1995 | 18 June 1996 | 1992 (13th) | 1992 (13th) | | Labor • Meretz • Shas • Yiud |
| 9 | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 18 June 1996 | 6 July 1999 | 1996 (14th) | 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 | (15th) | 29th | Likud • Labor-Meimad • Shas • Centre • NRP • UTJ • BaAliyah • NU-Beiteinu • New Way • Gesher |
| 11 | Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) | | Likud | 28 February 2003 | 21 November 2005 | 2003 (16th) | 2003 (16th) | 30th | Likud • Shinui • NU • NRP • Labor-Meimad • Aguda |
| | Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) | | Kadima | 21 November 2005 | (4 January 2006) 14 April 2006 | 2003 (16th) | 2003 (16th) | 30th | Kadima • Likud • Aguda |
| — | Ehud Olmert (born 1945) | | Kadima | 4 January 2006 | 14 April 2006 | 2003 (16th) | 2003 (16th) | 30th | Kadima • Likud • Aguda |
| 12 | Ehud Olmert (born 1945) | | Kadima | 14 April 2006 | 4 May 2006 | 2003 (16th) | 2003 (16th) | 30th | Kadima • Likud • Aguda |
| 12 | Ehud Olmert (born 1945) | | Kadima | 4 May 2006 | 31 March 2009 | 2006 (17th) | 2006 (17th) | 31st | Kadima • Labor • Shas • Gil • Beiteinu |
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 31 March 2009 | 18 March 2013 | 2009 (18th) | 2009 (18th) | 32nd | Likud • Beiteinu • Shas • Labor/Indep. • Jewish Home • UTJ |
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 18 March 2013 | 6 May 2015 | 2013 (19th) | 2013 (19th) | 33rd | Likud • Yesh Atid • The Jewish Home • Yisrael Beiteinu • Hatnuah |
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 6 May 2015 | 9 April 2019 | 2015 (20th) | 2015 (20th) | 34th | Likud • Kulanu • The Jewish Home • Shas • UTJ • Yisrael Beiteinu |
| — | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 9 April 2019 | 17 May 2020 | Apr 2019 (21st) | Apr 2019 (21st) | | 34th | Likud • Kulanu • The Jewish Home • Shas • UTJ • Yisrael Beiteinu |
| Likud • Kulanu • The Jewish Home • Shas • UTJ • Yisrael Beiteinu ||
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 17 May 2020 | 13 June 2021 | 2020 (23rd) | 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) | 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 | 2021 (24th) | 2021 (24th) | 36th | Yesh Atid • Blue and White • Yamina • Labor • Yisrael Beiteinu • New Hope • Meretz • United Arab List |
| (9) | Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) | | Likud | 29 December 2022 | Incumbent | 2022 (25th) | 2022 (25th) | 37th | Likud • Shas • UTJ • Religious Zionism • Otzma Yehudit • Noam |