Birthplaces of Prime Ministers of Israel

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Israel is a parliamentary democracy. A member of parliament approved by a parliamentary preponderance becomes the prime minister – usually, this is the head of the biggest party. The prime minister is the head of government and head of the cabinet of ministers. The president of Israel is head of the nation, with limited and mostly ceremonial functions.

Contrary to most prime ministers in other parliamentary republics, the prime minister is de jure and de facto leading executive because the Israel laws empower executive power government and the prime minister as the leader.

Fourteen people have worked as prime minister of Israel (Yigal Allon just 19 days), and five have worked on 2 non-consecutive terms. The other 2 who have worked as ad interim prime ministers have become prime ministers.

Most Israeli prime ministers were born outside the country. The Russian Empire is the birthplace of seven prime ministers of Israel.

Prime ministers of Israel

1. David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) was born in Płońsk (Poland, Russian Empire)
2. Moshe Sharett (1894–1965) was born in Kherson in the Russian Empire. Today, this city is located in Ukraine.
3. Levi Eshkol (Shkolnik) (1963–1967) was born in Oratov (Russian Empire).
4. Yigal Allon (1918–1980) was born in Kfar Tavor (Northen Israel).
5. Golda Meir (1898–1978) was born in Kiev (Russian Empire). Now it’s Ukraine.
6. Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995) was born in Jerusalem (Mandatory Palestine)
7. Menachem Begin (1913–1992) was born Brest-Litovsk in the Russian Empire. Today this city is located in Belarus.
8. Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012) was born in the small town Ruzhany of the Russian Empire (now Belarus).
9. Shimon Peres (1923–2016) was born in Wiszniew (Poland, Russian Empire). Now it is the agro town Vishnyeva in Belarus.
10. Benjamin Netanyahu (1949–) was born in Tel Aviv (Israel).
11. Ehud Barak (1942–) was born on Kibbutz Mishmar HaSharon (Mandatory Palestine).
12. Ariel Sharon (1928–2014) was born in Kfar Malal (Mandatory Palestine).
13. Ehud Olmert (1945–) wax born in Binyamina-Giv’at Ada (Mandatory Palestine).

Israelean Prime-ministers by terms of office

Prime-minister	First term	Second term	Total
Benjamin Netanyahu	3 years and 18 days	12 years and 74 days	15 years and 92 days
David Ben-Gurion	5 years and 257 days	7 years and 235 days	13 years and 127 days
Yitzhak Shamir	339 days	5 years and 268 days	6 years and 242 days
Yitzhak Rabin	3 years and 18 days	3 years and 114 days	6 years and 132 days
Menachem Begin	6 years and 113 days	–	6 years and 113 days
Levi Eshkol	5 years and 247 days	–	5 years and 247 days
Ariel Sharon	5 years and 39 days	–	5 years and 39 days
Golda Meir	5 years and 19 days	–	5 years and 19 days
Ehud Olmert	2 years and 351 days	–	2 years and 351 days
Shimon Peres	2 years and 37 days	227 days	2 years and 264 days
Moshe Sharett	1 year and 281 days	–	1 year and 281 days
Ehud Barak	1 year and 245 days	–	1 year and 245 days
Naftali Bennett	102 days	–	102 days
Yigal Allon	19 days	–	19 days