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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.
Golda Meir [nb 1] (née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was an Israeli politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and only female head of government and the first in the Middle East.
12 October – US President Richard Nixon authorizes Operation Nickel Grass, an overt strategic airlift to deliver weapons and supplies to Israel, after the Soviet Union began sending arms to Egypt and Syria. 17 October – The Arab Oil Embargo against several countries which allegedly support Israel triggers the 1973 energy crisis.
6 April – Poogy represents Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Natati La Khayay" ("I Gave Her My Life"), achieving seventh place. [1] 11 April – Golda Meir resigns from premiership. 14 April – The Open University of Israel is founded. [2] 15 April – Mordechai Gur is appointed as the tenth Chief of Staff of the Israel ...
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]
Michael Hasani (30 October 1974 - 2 July 1975) 5: National Religious Party: Yitzhak Rabin (7 July 1975 - 29 July 1975) Alignment: Yosef Burg (29 July 1975 - 4 November 1975) National Religious Party: Zevulun Hammer (4 November 1975 - 22 December 1976) National Religious Party: Moshe Baram (from 16 January 1977) Alignment: Minister without Portfolio
Rabin served as Israel's ambassador to the United States from 1968 to 1973, during a period of deepening U.S.–Israel ties. He was appointed Prime Minister of Israel in 1974 after the resignation of Golda Meir. In his first term, Rabin signed the Sinai Interim Agreement and ordered the Entebbe raid. He resigned in 1977 in the wake of a ...
This is a list of prime ministers of Israel by place of birth. Russian Empire (6) David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) — Płońsk, ... Prime Minister of Israel;