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Prime minister of Israel . the State of Israel in its foundation adopted the parliamentary political system, with Prime minister at the top of the government and a largely ceremonial president as head of State. In past years, with the introduction of the direct elections to Prime minister, the role of the Prime minister has increased because a government can exist with minority coalition in the parliament, Knesset. However this trend has fragmented excessively the political system, and a return to old vote system has been approved.
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|Name
|Took Office
|Left Office
|Party
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|1
|David Ben-Gurion, 1st time
|1948
|1954
|Labour Party
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|2
|Moshe Sharett
|1954
|1955
|Labour Party
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|David Ben-Gurion, 2nd time
|1955
|1963
|Labour Party
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|3
|Levi Eshkol
|1963
|1969
|Labour Party
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|4
|Golda Meir
|1969
|1974
|Labour Party
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|5
|Yitzhak Rabin, 1st time
|1974
|1977
|Labour Party
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|6
|Menachem Begin
|1977
|1983
|Likud
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|7
|Yitzhak Shamir, 1st time
|1983
|1984
|Likud
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|8
|Shimon Peres, 1st time
|1984
|1986
|Labour Party
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|Yitzhak Shamir, 2nd time
|1986
|1992
|Likud
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|Yitzhak Rabin, 2nd time
|1992
|1995
|Labour Party
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|Shimon Peres, 2nd time
|1995
|1996
|Labour Party
|- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|9
|Benjamin Netanyahu
|1996
|1999
|Likud
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|10
|Ehud Barak
|1999
|2001
|Labour Party
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|11
|Ariel Sharon
|2001
|(present)
|Likud
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See also: Politics of IsraelPrime Ministers of Israel
A total of eleven people have served as Prime Minister of Israel. Four of those people have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
