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The prime minister of Israel is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel.. Since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, 14 people have served as the prime minister of Israel, five of whom have served on two or three non-consecutive occasions.
This is a list of prime ministers of Israel by place of birth. Russian Empire (6) David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) — ...
After leading Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Ben-Gurion was elected Prime Minister of Israel when his Mapai (Labour) party won the largest number of Knesset seats in the first national election, held on 14 February 1949. He remained in that post until 1963, except for a period of nearly two years between 1954 and 1955.
In early 1969 Levi Eshkol died in office of a heart attack and Golda Meir became prime minister with the largest percentage of the vote ever won by an Israeli party, winning 56 of the 120 seats after the 1969 election. Meir was the first female prime minister of Israel and the first woman to have headed a Middle Eastern state in modern times. [62]
The office of Prime Minister came into existence on 14 May 1948, the date of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, when the provisional government was created. David Ben-Gurion, leader of Mapai and head of the Jewish Agency, became Israel's first prime minister.
The state of Israel was nevertheless founded under prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948 with the end of the British Mandate, winning immediate recognition from the US and Soviet Union ...
David Ben-Gurion the first prime minister of Israel 1948. First day of issue - The 1960 series of stamps for joyous occasions, including the ancient kings of Israel Shaul, David and Solomon. First day of issue - The 1961 series of stamps for joyous occasions, including ancient heroes of Israel: Samson, Judas Maccabeus and Bar Kokhba.
Prime Minister of Israel – David Ben-Gurion , from May 14; President (or Chairman) ... 1948 Arab–Israeli War. May 15 – Four of the seven ...