PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL

1948-1953 David Ben Gurion
Labour (Resigned – “Psychological strain”)

1953-1955 Moshe Sharett
Labour (Resigned for Ben Gurion to return)

1955-1963 David Ben Gurion
Labour (Resigned. No reason given.)

1963-1969 Levi Eshkol
Labour (Died in office)

1969-1974 Golda Meir
Labour (Resigned after Elazar Inquiry into Yom Kippur war)

1974-1977 Yitzchak Rabin
Labour (Resigned over wife’s $2000 US Bank account)

1977 Shimon Peres
Labour (Caretaker March-May 1977. Then lost election.)

1977-1983 Menachem Begin
Likud (Resigned over Lebanese war and wife’s death.)

1983-1984 Yitzchak Shamir
Likud (No confidence motion over Lebanon.)

1984-1986          Shimon Peres
                                    Labour
                                    (Election stalemate – Rotation agreement – two years each)

1986-1992 Yitzchak Shamir
Likud (Defeated at election)

1992-1996 Yitzchak Rabin
Labour (Assassinated)

1996 Shimon Peres
Labour (Caretaker – Defeated at election.)

1996-1999 Binyamin Netanyahu
Likud (Defeated at election)

1999-2000 Ehud Barak
Labour (Resigned after coalition break-up)

2001-2005 Ariel Sharon
Likud – Kadimah (incapacitated by stroke.)

2006 - 2009 Ehud Olmert
Kadimah

2009 - Binyamin Netanyahu
Likud

PRIME MINISTERS OF ISRAEL

1948-1953 David Ben Gurion Labour (Resigned – “Psychological strain”)

1953-1955 Moshe Sharett Labour (Resigned for Ben Gurion to return)

1955-1963 David Ben Gurion Labour (Resigned. No reason given.)

1963-1969 Levi Eshkol Labour (Died in office)

1969-1974 Golda Meir Labour (Resigned after Elazar Inquiry into Yom Kippur war)

1974-1977 Yitzchak Rabin Labour (Resigned over wife’s $2000 US Bank account)

1977 Shimon Peres Labour (Caretaker March-May 1977. Then lost election.)

1977-1983 Menachem Begin Likud (Resigned over Lebanese war and wife’s death.)

1983-1984 Yitzchak Shamir Likud (No confidence motion over Lebanon.)

1984-1986 Shimon Peres Labour (Election stalemate – Rotation agreement – two years each)

1986-1992 Yitzchak Shamir Likud (Defeated at election)

1992-1996 Yitzchak Rabin Labour (Assassinated)

1996 Shimon Peres Labour (Caretaker – Defeated at election.)

1996-1999 Binyamin Netanyahu Likud (Defeated at election)

1999-2000 Ehud Barak Labour (Resigned after coalition break-up)

2001-2005 Ariel Sharon Likud – Kadimah (incapacitated by stroke.)

2006 - 2009 Ehud Olmert Kadimah

1948-1953 David Ben Gurion
Labour (Resigned – “Psychological strain”)

1953-1955 Moshe Sharett
Labour (Resigned for Ben Gurion to return)

1955-1963 David Ben Gurion
Labour (Resigned. No reason given.)

1963-1969 Levi Eshkol
Labour (Died in office)

1969-1974 Golda Meir
Labour (Resigned after Elazar Inquiry into Yom Kippur war)

1974-1977 Yitzchak Rabin
Labour (Resigned over wife’s $2000 US Bank account)

1977 Shimon Peres
Labour (Caretaker March-May 1977. Then lost election.)

1977-1983 Menachem Begin
Likud (Resigned over Lebanese war and wife’s death.)

1983-1984 Yitzchak Shamir
Likud (No confidence motion over Lebanon.)

1984-1986 Shimon Peres
Labour
(Election stalemate – Rotation agreement – two years each)

1986-1992 Yitzchak Shamir
Likud (Defeated at election)

1992-1996 Yitzchak Rabin
Labour (Assassinated)

1996 Shimon Peres
Labour (Caretaker – Defeated at election.)

1996-1999 Binyamin Netanyahu
Likud (Defeated at election)

1999-2000 Ehud Barak
Labour (Resigned after coalition break-up)

2001-2005 Ariel Sharon
Likud – Kadimah (incapacitated by stroke.)

2006 - 2009 Ehud Olmert
Kadimah