 | Leaders of Israel
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.
Parties:
Ahdut HaAvoda: Labour Unity (from 1968, Avoda) Avoda: Labour Party Gesher: Bridge Herut: Freedom Movement (from 1988, Likud) HaPoel HaMizrahi: Spiritual Center Worker (from 1956, Mafdal) Kadima: Forward (split from Likud 21 Nov 2005) Likud: Consolidation' Mafdal: National Religious Party Mapai: Israeli Workers' Party (from 1968, Avoda) Rafi: Israel Labor List Shas: International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews Shinui: Change-Centre Party YB: Yisrael Beiteinu - Israel is Our Home YBA: Yisrael Ba'aliyah - Israel and Immigration
Note: Pertaining the party affiliation of the presidents, most of the partisan labels reflect a supported candidacy rather than a party membership.
See also the political leadership in Palestinian National Authority.
 Heads of the State
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Provisional Chairmen of the Council of State
David Ben-Gurion 15 May 1948 - 17 May 1948 (+1973) Mapai
Haim Weizmann 17 May 1948 - 17 Feb 1949 (+1952) Mapai
Presidents of the State
Haim Weizmann 17 Feb 1949 - 9 Nov 1952 (+) Mapai
Yosef Sprinzak 9 Nov 1952 - 10 Dec 1952 (+1959) Mapai (interim)
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi 10 Dec 1952 - 23 Apr 1963 (+) Mapai
Kadish Luz 23 Apr 1963 - 22 May 1963 (+1972) Mapai (interim)
Zalman Shazar 22 May 1963 - 24 May 1973 (+1974) Avoda
Ephraim Katzir 24 May 1973 - 29 May 1978 (+2009) Avoda
Yitzhak Navon 29 May 1978 - 5 May 1983 Avoda
Haim Herzog 5 May 1983 - 13 May 1993 (+1997) Avoda
Ezer Weizman 13 May 1993 - 12 Jul 2000 (+2005) Avoda
Avraham Burg 12 Jul 2000 - 1 Aug 2000 Avoda (interim)
Moshe Katzav 1 Aug 2000 - 1 Jul 2007 Likud (duties suspended 25 Jan 2007)
[Dalia Itzik 25 Jan 2007 - 1 Jul 2007] Kadima (acting for suspended Katzav)
Dalia Itzik 1 Jul 2007 - 15 Jul 2007 Kadima (interim)
Shimon Peres 15 Jul 2007 - Kadima
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| Prime Ministers
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David Ben-Gurion 17 May 1948 - 7 Dec 1953 (+1973) Mapai
Moshe Sharett 7 Dec 1953 - 2 Nov 1955 (+1965) Mapai
David Ben-Gurion 2 Nov 1955 - 21 Jun 1963 (+1973) Mapai
Levi Eshkol 21 Jun 1963 - 26 Feb 1969 (+) Mapai
Yigal Allon 26 Feb 1969 - 17 Mar 1969 (+1980) Avoda (acting)
Golda Meir 17 Mar 1969 - 3 Jun 1974 (+1978) Avoda
Yitzhak Rabin 3 Jun 1974 - 22 Apr 1977 (+1995)a Avoda
Shimon Peres 22 Apr 1977 - 21 Jun 1977 Avoda (acting)
Menahem Begin 21 Jun 1977 - 10 Oct 1983 (+1992) Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Shamir 10 Oct 1983 - 14 Sep 1984 Herut/Likud
Shimon Peres 14 Sep 1984 - 20 Oct 1986 Avoda
Yitzhak Shamir 20 Oct 1986 - 13 Jul 1992 Likud
Yitzhak Rabin 13 Jul 1992 - 4 Nov 1995 (+)a Avoda
Shimon Peres 4 Nov 1995 - 18 Jun 1996 Avoda (acting to 22 Nov 1995)
Binyamin Netanyahu 18 Jun 1996 - 6 Jul 1999 Likud
Ehud Barak 6 Jul 1999 - 7 Mar 2001 Avoda
Ariel Sharon 7 Mar 2001 - 14 Apr 2006 Likud, Kadima
Ehud Olmert 14 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2009 Kadima (acting for Sharon 4 Jan-14 Apr 2006)
Binyamin Netanyahu 31 Mar 2009 - Likud
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| Knesset Speakers
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Yosef Sprinzak 1949-1959 (+) Mapai
Nahum Nir-Rafalkes 1959 (+1968) Ahdut HaAvoda
Kudish Luz 1959-1969 (+1972) Mapai
Reuven Barkat 1969-1972 (+) Avoda
Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi 1972-1977 (+1979) Avoda
Yitzhak Shamir 1977-1980 Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Berman 1980-1981 Herut/Likud
Menahem Savidor 1981-1984 (+1988) Herut/Likud
Shlomo Hillel 1984-1988 Avoda
Dov Shilansky 1988-1992 Likud
Shevah Weiss 1992-1996 Avoda
Dan Tichon 1996-1999 Likud
Avraham Burg 1999-2003 Avoda
Reuven Rivlin 2003-2006 Likud
Dalia Itzik 2006-2009 Kadima
Reuven Rivlin 2009- Likud
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 Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Moshe Sharett 1948-1956 (+1965) Mapai
Golda Meir 1956-1966 (+1978) Mapai
Abba Eban 1966-1974 (+2002) Avoda
Yigal Allon 1974-1977 (+1980) Avoda
Moshe Dayan 1977-1979 (+1981) Herut/Likud
Menahem Begin 1979-1980 (+1992) Herut/Likud (acting)
Yitzhak Shamir 1980-1986 Herut/Likud
Shimon Peres 1986-1988 Avoda
Moshe Arens 1988-1990 Likud
David Levy 1990-1992 Likud
Shimon Peres 1992-1995 Avoda
Yossi Beilin 1995 Avoda (acting)
Ehud Barak 1995-1996 Avoda
David Levy 1996-1998 Gesher
Binyamin Netanyahu 1998 Likud (acting)
Ariel Sharon 1998-1999 Likud
David Levy 1999-2000 Gesher
Ehud Barak 2000 Avoda (acting)
Shlomo Ben-Ami 2000-2001 Avoda
Shimon Peres 2001-2002 Avoda
Binyamin Netanyahu 2002-2003 Likud
Silvan Shalom 2003-2006 Likud
Tzipi Livni 2006-2009 Kadima
Avigdor Lieberman 2009- YB
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 Ministers of Defence
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David Ben-Gurion 1948-1954 (+1973) Mapai
Pinhas Lavon 1954-1955 (+1972) Mapai
David Ben-Gurion 1955-1963 (+1973) Mapai
Levi Eshkol 1963-1967 (+1969) Mapai
Moshe Dayan 1967-1974 (+1981) Avoda
Shimon Peres 1974-1977 Avoda
Ezer Weizman 1977-1980 (+2005) Herut/Likud
Menahem Begin 1980-1981 (+1992) Herut/Likud (acting)
Ariel Sharon 1981-1983 Herut/Likud
Moshe Arens 1983-1984 Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Rabin 1984-1990 (+1995)a Avoda
Yitzhak Shamir 1990 Likud
Moshe Arens 1990-1992 Likud
Yitzhak Rabin 1992-1995 (+)a Avoda
Shimon Peres 1995-1996 Avoda
Yitzhak Mordechai 1996-1999 Likud
Moshe Arens 1999 Likud
Ehud Barak 1999-2001 Avoda
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer 2001-2002 Avoda
Shaul Mofaz 2002-2006 Likud, Kadima
Amir Peretz 2006-2007 Avoda
Ehud Barak 2007- Avoda
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Ministers of Finance
Eliezer Kaplan 1948-1952 (+) Mapai
Levi Eshkol 1952-1963 (+1969) Mapai
Pinhas Sapir 1963-1968 (+1975) Mapai
Ze'ev Sharef 1968-1969 (+1984) Mapai, Avoda
Pinhas Sapir 1969-1974 (+1975) Avoda
Yehoshua Rabinovich 1974-1977 (+1979) Avoda
Simha Ehrlich 1977-1979 (+1983) Liberal/Likud
Yigal Hurvitz 1979-1981 (+1994) Herut/Likud, Rafi
Yoram Aridor 1981-1983 Herut/Likud
Yigal Cohen-Orgad 1983-1984 Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Moday 1984-1986 (+1998) Herut/Likud
Moshe Nissim 1986-1988 Herut/Likud
Shimon Peres 1988-1990 Avoda
Yitzhak Moday 1990-1992 (+1998) Likud
Avraham Shohat 1992-1996 Avoda
Dan Meridor 1996-1997 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 1997 Likud
Yaakov Neeman 1997-1998 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 1998-1999 Likud
Meir Sheetrit 1999 Likud
Avraham Shohat 1999-2001 Avoda
Silvan Shalom 2001-2003 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 2003-2005 Likud
Ehud Olmert 2005-2006 Likud, Kadima
Avraham Hirchson 2006-2007 Kadima
[Ehud Olmert 2007] Kadima (acting for suspended Hirchson)
Roni Bar-On 2007-2009 Kadima
Yuval Steinitz 2009- Likud
(List courtesy of Shavit Ben-Arie).
Ministers of the Interior
Yitzhak Gruenbaum 1948-1949 (+1970) Mapai
Moshe Haim Shapira 1949-1952 (+1970) HaPoel HaMizrahi
Israel Rokach 1952-1955 (+1959)
Moshe Haim Shapira 1955 (+1970) HaPoel HaMizrahi
Israel Bar-Yehuda 1955-1959 (+1965) Ahdut HaAvodah
Moshe Haim Shapira 1959-1970 (+) Mafdal
Yosef Burg 1970-1974 (+1999) Mafdal
Shlomo Hillel 1974 Avoda
Yosef Burg 1974-1977 (+1999) Mafdal
Shlomo Hillel 1977 Avoda
Yosef Burg 1977-1984 (+1999) Mafdal
Shimon Peres 1984 Avoda
Yitzhak Peretz Haim 1984-1987 Shas
Yitzhak Shamir 1987-1988 Likud
Aryeh Deri 1988-1992 Shas
Yitzhak Rabin 1992-1993 (+1995)a Avoda
Aryeh Deri 1993 Shas
Yitzhak Rabin 1993-1995 (+1995)a Avoda
Uzi Baram 1995 Avoda
David Libai 1995 Avoda
Ehud Barak 1995 Avoda
Haim Ramon 1995-1996 Avoda
Eliyahu Suissa 1996-1999 Shas
Natan Sharansky 1999-2000 YBA
Haim Ramon 2000-2001 Avoda
Eliyahu Yishai 2001-2002 Shas
Ariel Sharon 2002 Likud
Eliyahu Yishai 2002-2003 Shas
Avraham Poraz 2003-2004 Shinui
Ariel Sharon 2004-2005 Likud
Ophir Pines-Paz 2005 Avoda
Ariel Sharon 2005-2006 Kadima (acting)
Ehud Olmert 2006 Kadima (acting)
Roni Bar-On 2006-2007 Kadima
Meir Sheetrit 2007-2009 Kadima
Eliyahu Yishai 2009- Shas
(Source of the list: Rulers, by Ben Schemmel).
 Chiefs of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)
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Yacov Dori 1948-1949 (+1973)
Yigael Yadin 1949-1952 (+1984)
Mordechai Maklef 1952-1953 (+1978)
Moshe Dayan 1953-1958 (+1981)
Haim Laskov 1958-1961 (+1983)
Zvi Tzur 1961-1964 (+2004)
Yitzhak Rabin 1964-1968 (+1992)a
Haim Bar-Lev 1968-1972 (+1994)
David Elazar 1972-1974 (+1976)
Mordechai Gur 1974-1978 (+1995)
Rafael Eitan 1978-1983 (+2004)
Moshe Levy 1983-1987
Dan Shomron 1987-1991 (+2008)
Ehud Barak 1991-1995
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak 1995-1998
Shaul Mofaz 1998-2002
Moshe Ya'alon 2002-2005
Dan Halutz 2005-2007
Gabi Ashkenazi 2007-
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 Leaders of Herut/Likud
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Menachem Begin 1948-1951 (+1992)
Arye Ben-Eliezer 1951-1952 (+1970) (interim)
Menachem Begin 1952-1983 (+1992)
Yitzhak Shamir 1983-1993
Binyamin Netanyahu 1993-1999
Ariel Sharon 1999-2005
Tzachi Hanegbi 2005 (acting)
Binyamin Netanyahu 2005-
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The Likud block contested the elections as a rightist coalition since 1973; its core was the Gahal (Freedom-Liberal Block), comprised by the Herut and the Liberal Party. In 1988 the Likud became properly a party when its members decided to merge.
 Leaders of Mapai/Avoda
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David Ben-Gurion 1948-1954 (+1973)
Moshe Sharett 1954-1955 (+1965)
David Ben-Gurion 1955-1963 (+1973)
Levi Eshkol 1963-1969 (+)
Golda Meir 1969-1974 (+1978)
Yitzhak Rabin 1974-1977 (+1995)a
Shimon Peres 1977-1992
Yiztzak Rabin 1992-1995 (+)
Shimon Peres 1995-1997
Ehud Barak 1997-2001
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer 2001-2002
Amran Mitzna 2002-2003
Shimon Peres 2003-2005
Amir Peretz 2005-2007
Ehud Barak 2007-
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The Avoda was born in 1968 as the merger of the Mapai, the Rafi party and Ahdut HaAvoda, which split from the Mapai in 1965 and 1944, respectively.
Kadima was launched by prime minister Ariel Sharon on 21 Nov 2005.
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