1948-1953
David Ben Gurion
Labour (Resigned – “Psychological strain”)
1953-1955
Moshe Sharett
Labour (Resigned for Ben Gurion to return)
1955-1963
David Ben Gurion
Labour (Resigned. No reason given.)
1963-1969
Levi Eshkol
Labour (Died in office)
1969-1974
Golda Meir
Labour (Resigned after Elazar Inquiry into Yom Kippur war)
1974-1977
Yitzchak Rabin
Labour (Resigned over wife’s $2000 US Bank account)
1977
Shimon Peres
Labour (Caretaker March-May 1977. Then lost election.)
1977-1983
Menachem Begin
Likud (Resigned over Lebanese war and wife’s death.)
1983-1984
Yitzchak Shamir
Likud (No confidence motion over Lebanon.)
1984-1986
Shimon Peres
Labour (Election stalemate – Rotation agreement – two years each)
1986-1992
Yitzchak Shamir
Likud (Defeated at election)
1992-1996
Yitzchak Rabin
Labour (Assassinated)
1996
Shimon Peres
Labour (Caretaker – Defeated at election.)
1996-1999
Binyamin Netanyahu
Likud (Defeated at election)
1999-2000
Ehud Barak
Labour (Resigned after coalition break-up)
2001-2005
Ariel Sharon
Likud – Kadimah (incapacitated by stroke.)
2006 – 2009
Ehud Olmert
Kadimah
2009 –
Binyamin Netanyahu
Likud
