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