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Prime Ministers of Israel

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Provisional Government
David Ben-Gurion, 14/05/1948 - 10/03/1949

First Knesset
David Ben-Gurion, 10/03/1949 - 01/11/1950
David Ben-Gurion, 01/11/1950 - 08/10/1951

Second Knesset
David Ben-Gurion, 08/10/1951 - 24/12/1952
David Ben-Gurion, 24/12/1952 - 26/01/1954
Moshe Sharett, 26/01/1954 - 29/06/1955
Moshe Sharett, 29/06/1955 - 03/11/1955

Third Knesset
David Ben-Gurion, 03/11/1955 - 07/01/1958
David Ben-Gurion, 07/01/1958 - 17/12/1959

Fourth Knesset
David Ben-Gurion, 17/12/1959 - 02/11/1961

Fifth Knesset
David Ben-Gurion, 02/11/1961 - 26/06/1963
Levi Eshkol, 26/06/1963 - 22/12/1964
Levi Eshkol, 22/12/1964 - 12/01/1966

Sixth Knesset
Levi Eshkol, 12/01/1966 - 26/02/1969 (died)
Golda Meir, 17/03/1969 - 15/12/1969

Seventh Knesset
Golda Meir, 15/12/1969 - 10/03/1974

Eighth Knesset
Golda Meir, 10/03/1974 - 03/06/1974
Yitzhak Rabin, 03/06/1974 - 20/06/1977

Ninth Knesset
Menahem Begin, 20/06/1977 - 05/08/1981

Tenth Knesset
Menahem Begin, 05/08/1981 - 10/10/1983
Yitzhak Shamir, 10/10/1983 - 13/09/1984

Eleventh Knesset
Shimon Peres, 13/09/1984 - 20/10/1986
Yitzhak Shamir, 20/10/1986 - 22/12/1988

Twelfth Knesset
Yitzhak Shamir, 22/12/1988 - 11/06/1990
Yitzhak Shamir, 11/06/1990 - 13/07/1992

Thirteenth Knesset
Yitzhak Rabin, 13/07/1992 - 04/11/1995 (assassinated)
Shimon Peres, 22/11/1995 - 18/06/1996

Fourteenth Knesset
Benjamin Netanyahu, 18/06/1996 - 06/07/1999

Fifteenth Knesset
Ehud Barak, 06/07/1999 - 07/03/2001
Ariel Sharon, 07/03/2001 - 28/02/2003

Sixteenth Knesset
Ariel Sharon, 28/02/2003

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