Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Israel

Heads of State of Israel

State of Israel

Chairman of the Provisional State Council of Israel
David Ben-Gurion

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1886; d. December 1 1973

Mapai

1948

Chaim Azriel Weizmann

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1874; d. November 9 1952

General Zionists

1948 – 1949

President of Israel
Chaim Azriel Weizmann

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1874; d. November 9 1952

General Zionists

1949 – 1952

Isaac Herzog

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1960.

Non-Partisan

2021 – present




Heads of Government of Israel

State of Israel

Prime Minister of Israel
David Ben-Gurion

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1886; d. December 1 1973

Mapai

1948 – 1954

David Ben-Gurion

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1886; d. December 1 1973

Mapai

1955 – 1963

Yitzhak Rabin

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1922; d. November 4 1995.

Israeli Labor Party

1974 – 1977

Yitzhak Rabin

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1922; d. November 4 1995.

Israeli Labor Party

1992 – 1995

Benjamin Netanyahu

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1949.

Likud

1996 – 1999

Benjamin Netanyahu

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1949.

Likud

2009 – 2021

Naftali Bennett

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1972.

The New Right

2021 – 2022

Benjamin Netanyahu

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1949.

Likud

2022 – present


Alternate Prime Minister of Israel
Naftali Bennett

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1972.

The New Right

2022


Leader of the Opposition
Benjamin Netanyahu

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1949.

Likud

1993 – 1996

Benjamin Netanyahu

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1949.

Likud

2006 – 2009

Isaac Herzog

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1960.

Israeli Labor Party

2013 – 2018

Benjamin Netanyahu

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1949.

Likud

2021 – 2022