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1948-1953 1st David Ben-Gurion 1984-1986 9th Shimon Peres
1953-1955 2nd Moshe Sharett 1986-1992 10th Yitzhak Shamir
1955-1963 3rd David Ben-Gurion 1992-1995 11th Yitzhak Rabin
1963-1969 4th Levi Eshkol 1995-1996 12th Shimon Peres
1969-1974 5th Golda Meir 1996-1999 13th Benjamin Netanyahu
1974-1976 6th Yitzhak Rabin 1999-2001 14th Ehud Barak
1977-1983 7th Menachem Begin 2001-2006 15th Ariel Sharon
1983-1984 8th Yitzhak Shamir 2006-Present 16th Ehud Olmert

1st Prime Minister
DAVID BEN-GURION
1948-1953

Political Party: Mapai (Labor)
Significant Event:
  • Declaration of Statehood
  • First Arab-Israeli War
    		•
    9th Prime Minister
    SHIMON PERES
    1984-1986

    Political Party: Labor
    Significant Event:
  • War in Lebanon 1982-1985
    		•
    2nd Prime Minister
    MOSHE SHARETT
    1953-1955

    Political Party: Mapai (Labor)
    10th Prime Minister
    YITZHAK SHAMIR
    1986-1992

    Political Party: Likud
    Significant Event:
  • First Intifada (1987-1993)
  • 1991 Madrid Conference
    •
    3rd Prime Minister
    DAVID BEN-GURION
    1955-1963

    Political Party: Mapai (Labor)
    Significant Event:
  • 1956 Suez Crisis
    		•
    11th Prime Minister
    YITZHAK RABIN
    1992-1995

    Political Party: Labor
    Significant Event:
  • 1993 Oslo Declaration
  • 1994 Cairo Agreement
  • 1994 Israel/Jordan Treaty
    		•
    4th Prime Minister
    LEVI ESHKOL
    1963-1969

    Political Party: Mapai (Labor)
    Significant Event:
  • 1967 War
    		•
    12th Prime Minister
    SHIMON PERES
    1995-1996

    Political Party: Labor
    Significant Event:
  • 1995 Oslo Interim
    		•
    5th Prime Minister
    GOLDA MEIR
    1969-1974

    Political Party: Labor
    Significant Event:
  • 1973 War
  • War of Attrition
    		•
    13th Prime Minister
    BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
    1996-1999

    Political Party: Likud
    Significant Event:
  • 1998 Wye River
  • 1999 Sharm al-Sheikh
    • 6th Prime Minister
    YITZHAK RABIN
    1974-1976

    Political Party: Labor
    14th Prime Minister
    EHUD BARAK
    1999-2001

    Political Party: Labor
    Significant Event:
  • 2000 Camp David Proposal
  • 2001 Taba Talks
    •
    7th Prime Minister
    MENACHEM BEGIN
    1977-1983

    Political Party: Likud
    Significant Event:
  • 1978 Camp David
  • 1979 Egypt/Israel Treaty
  • 1982 Invasion of Lebanon
    		•
    15th Prime Minister
    ARIEL SHARON
    2001-2006

    Political Party: Likud
    Significant Event:
  • Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-)
  • 2003 Road Map
  • 2003 Sharon Disengagement

    • 8th Prime Minister
    YITZHAK SHAMIR
    1983-1984

    Political Party: Likud
    Significant Event:
  • War in Lebanon 1982-1985
    		•
    16th Prime Minister
    EHUD OLMERT
    2006- Present

    Political Party: Kadima
    Significant Event:
  • 2003 Disengagement Plan

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