List of prime ministers of Israel
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. Of these individuals, Golda Meir is the only woman to have served in the office
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 18 years, Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.
Prime ministers of Israel (1948–present)
Legend:Tenure of office in years
List of prime ministers by tenure
As of 2026, there have been fourteen individuals to serve as prime minister of Israel across twenty one separate occasions and thirty seven distinct governments. Of these, Benjamin Netanyahu served the most separate periods, whilst Yigal Allon served solely as an acting prime minister in 1969. Golda Meir is the only woman to have served in the office.The following is a list of prime ministers by total time in office:
- Benjamin Netanyahu: as of
- David Ben-Gurion: 13 years and 127 days
- Yitzhak Shamir: 6 years and 242 days
- Yitzhak Rabin: 6 years and 132 days
- Menachem Begin: 6 years and 113 days
- Levi Eshkol: 5 years and 247 days
- Ariel Sharon: 5 years and 39 days
- Golda Meir: 5 years and 19 days
- Ehud Olmert: 2 years and 351 days
- Shimon Peres: 2 years and 264 days
- Moshe Sharett: 1 year and 281 days
- Ehud Barak: 1 year and 245 days
- Naftali Bennett: 1 year and 17 days
- Yair Lapid: 181 days
- Yigal Allon: '''19 days'''