page_title: List of Israelis
section_title: Politicians
hierarchical_section_title: List of Israelis / Politicians
caption_attribution_description: English: Ayelet Shaked, head of the "Israel Sheli" movement עברית: איילת שקד, יו"ר התנועה ישראל שלי
context_page_description: Israelis are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews, followed by Arabs and other minorities.
context_section_description: Ehud Barak – prime minister (1999–2001)
  Menachem Begin – prime minister (1977–83); Nobel Peace Prize (1978)
  Yossi Beilin – leader of the Meretz-Yachad party and peace negotiator
  David Ben-Gurion – first Prime Minister of Israel (1948–54, 1955–63)
  Yitzhak Ben-Zvi – first elected/second president President of Israel (1952–63)
  Naftali Bennett – leader of The Jewish Home party, minister of economy and minister of religious services (2013–present)
  Geula Cohen – politician, activist and "Israel Prize" recipient
  Abba Eban – diplomat and Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (1966–74)
  Yuli-Yoel Edelstein – speaker of the Knesset
  Uzi Eilam – ex-director of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission
  Effie Eitam – former leader of the National Religious Party, now head of the Renewed Religious National Zionist party
  Levi Eshkol – prime minister (1963–69)
  Chaim Herzog – former president of Israel, first and only Irish-born Israeli President
  Moshe Katsav – president (2000–07), and convicted rapist
  Teddy Kollek – former mayor of Jerusalem
  Yair Lapid – leader of the Yesh Atid party, minister of finance (2013–March 2015)
  Yosef Lapid – former leader of the Shinui party
  Raleb Majadele – member of the Knesset for the Labor Party. Majadele became the country's first Muslim minister when appointed Minister without Portfolio on 28 January 2007.
  Golda Meir – prime minister (1969–74)
  Benjamin Netanyahu – prime minister (1996–99), (2009–); Likud party chairman
  Amir Ohana – first openly gay right-wing member of the Knesset
  Ehud Olmert – prime minister (2006–09); former mayor of Jerusalem
  Shimon Peres – President of Israel (2007–2014); prime minister (1984–86, 1995–96); Nobel Peace Prize (1994)
  Yitzhak Rabin – prime minister (1974–77, 1992–95); Nobel Peace Prize (1994) (assassinated November 1995)
  Josh Reinstein – director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus
  Reuven Rivlin – President of Israel
  Ayelet Shaked – Knesset member (2013–)
  Yitzhak Shamir – prime minister (1983–84, 1986–92)
  Yisrael Yeshayahu Sharabi – former speaker of the Knesset
  Moshe Sharett – prime minister (1954–55)
  Ariel Sharon – prime minister (2001–06)
  Chaim Weizmann – first President of Israel (1949–52)
  Rabbi Ovadia Yosef – spiritual leader of the Shas party
  Rehavam Zeevi – founder of the Moledet party (assassinated October 2001)
caption: Ayelet Shaked
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