List of prime ministers of Israel

This article lists the prime ministers of Israel since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.

Prime ministers of Israel (1948–present)
Fourteen people have served as 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.

Term of office in years

 * 1) Benjamin Netanyahu: 16 years, 279 days as of  (first term: 3 years and 18 days; second term: 12 years and 74 days; third term: 1 year, 183 days)
 * 2) David Ben-Gurion:  13 years and 127 days (first term: 5 years and 257 days; second term: 7 years and 235 days)
 * 3) Yitzhak Shamir: 6 years and 242 days  (first term: 339 days; second term: 5 years and 268 days)
 * 4) Yitzhak Rabin: 6 years and 132 days (first term: 3 years and 18 days; second term: 3 years and 114 days)
 * 5) Menachem Begin: 6 years and 113 days
 * 6) Levi Eshkol: 5 years and 247 days
 * 7) Ariel Sharon: 5 years and 39 days
 * 8) Golda Meir: 5 years and 19 days
 * 9) Ehud Olmert: 2 years and 351 days
 * 10) Shimon Peres: 2 years and 264 days (first term: 2 years and 37 days; second term: 227 days)
 * 11) Moshe Sharett: 1 year and 281 days
 * 12) Ehud Barak: 1 year and 245 days
 * 13) Naftali Bennett: 1 year and 17 days
 * 14) Yair Lapid: 181 days
 * 15) Yigal Allon: 19 days (acting)

Timeline
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Israel. The prime ministers are listed in order of office, with prime ministers who held the office more than once listed in order of their first term.