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The table provides a chronological list of the prime ministers of Israel.
| prime minister | term |
|---|---|
| *From 1986 to 1990, Yitzhak Shamir was prime minister of Israel in alliance with Shimon Peres. | |
| David Ben-Gurion (1st time) | 1948ā53 |
| Moshe Sharett | 1953ā55 |
| David Ben-Gurion (2nd time) | 1955ā63 |
| Levi Eshkol | 1963ā69 |
| Golda Meir | 1969ā74 |
| Yitzhak Rabin (1st time) | 1974ā77 |
| Menachem Begin | 1977ā83 |
| Yitzhak Shamir (1st time) | 1983ā84 |
| Shimon Peres (1st time) | 1984ā86 |
| Yitzhak Shamir* (2nd time) | 1986ā92 |
| Yitzhak Rabin (2nd time) | 1992ā95 |
| Shimon Peres (2nd time) | 1995ā96 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu (1st time) | 1996ā99 |
| Ehud Barak | 1999ā2001 |
| Ariel Sharon | 2001ā06 |
| Ehud Olmert | 2006ā09 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd time) | 2009ā21 |
| Naftali Bennett | 2021ā22 |
| Yair Lapid | 2022 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu (3rd time) | 2022ā |