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The Prime Ministers of the State of Israel 1948-1998
12 Oct 1999
 THE PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL 1948-1998
 
 
 

 
 
In the 50 years since the establishment of the State of Israel, nine prime ministers served in office:

 

David Ben-Gurion
DAVID BEN-GURION 		  Moshe Sharett
MOSHE SHARETT 		  Levi Eshkol
LEVI ESHKOL
 
Golda Meir
GOLDA MEIR 		  Yitzhak Rabin
YITZHAK RABIN 		  Menachem Begin
MENACHEM BEGIN
 
Yitzhak Shamir
YITZHAK
SHAMIR 		  Shimon Peres
SHIMON PERES 		  Benjamin Netanyahu
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
 

David Ben-Gurion 1948-1953 & 1955-1963
Moshe Sharett 1954-1955
Levi Eshkol 1963-1969
Golda Meir 1969-1974
Yitzhak Rabin 1974-1977 & 1992-1995
Menachem Begin 1977-1983
Yitzhak Shamir 1983-1984 & 1986-1992
Shimon Peres 1984-1986 & 1995-1996
Benjamin Netanyahu 1996-1999
 
 
 
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