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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.
Yair Lapid, former minister of finance, leader of Yesh Atid, son of Tommy Lapid; Zipora Laskov, founder of public medicine in Israel, elected to third Knesset; Aliza Lavie, MK; Pinhas Lavon, former defense minister; Shalom Levin, former Sec. Gen and President of Israel Teachers union and former Knesset member; Yitzhak-Meir Levin, former welfare ...
The following is a list of people who were in the position of the leaders of the Jewish nation, heads of state and/or government in the Land of Israel. Because of the position of the Land of Israel in Judaism, the leaders of the inhabitants of the land had a priority status also over Diaspora Jewry, although there were periods when this status weakened due to the weakening of the Jewish ...
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms. Another, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term. Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
Moshe Dayan (Hebrew: משה דיין ; May 20, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and as Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967, he became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new ...
Benjamin Netanyahu – prime minister of Israel (1996–99), (2009–); right-wing Likud party chairman; Naftali Bennett – prime minister of Israel (2021–), leader of The Jewish Home party, minister of economy and minister of religious services (2013–present) Ehud Barak – prime minister (1999–2001)
By accusing the heads of Israel and Hamas of war crimes, the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor placed them among world leaders infamous for heinous acts against humanity. The chief ...
Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880–1940), born in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) publicist, leader of Revisionist Zionism; Senta Josephtal (1912–2007), born in Germany, joined the HaBonim movement in 1933, immigrated to Palestine in 1938, later Israeli politician