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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 17 years, Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.
Shimon Peres (/ ʃ iː ˌ m oʊ n ˈ p ɛr ɛ s,-ɛ z / shee-MOHN PERR-ess, -ez; [1] [2] [3] Hebrew: שמעון פרס [ʃiˌmon ˈpeʁes] ⓘ; born Szymon Perski, Polish: [ˈʂɨmɔn ˈpɛrskʲi]; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the eighth prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the ninth president ...
1967 photograph of Netanyahu by the Israel Defense Forces. Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv. [3] [4] His mother, Tzila Segal (1912–2000), was born in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, and his father, Warsaw-born Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky; 1910–2012), was a historian specializing in the Jewish Golden age of Spain.
Presidents Elected (term) No. Portrait Name (Lifespan) Term of office Political party (at time of appointment) 1 David Ben-Gurion דוד בן-גוריון
The twenty-seventh government of Israel was formed by Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud on 18 June 1996. Although his Likud-Gesher-Tzomet alliance won fewer seats than Labor, Netanyahu formed the government after winning the country's first ever direct election for Prime Minister, narrowly defeating incumbent Shimon Peres.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Naftali Bennett נַפְתָּלִי בֶּנֶט Official portrait, 2021 13th Prime Minister of Israel In office 13 June 2021 – 30 June 2022 President Reuven Rivlin Isaac Herzog Alternate Yair Lapid Preceded by Benjamin Netanyahu Succeeded by Yair Lapid 3rd Alternate Prime Minister of Israel In ...
The current prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud, the ninth person to hold the position (excluding caretakers). Following an election, the president nominates a member of the Knesset to become prime minister after asking party leaders whom they support for the position. The first candidate the president nominates has 28 days to form a ...
On 26 June 2019, Barak announced his return to politics and his intention to form a new party named the Israel Democratic Party, intending to challenge Netanyahu in the September 2019 Israeli legislative election. The party ran with Meretz and other parties in the Democratic Union alliance, which received five seats. Barak himself did not enter ...