This is a list of prime ministers of Israel by place of birth. Russian Empire (6) David Ben-Gurion (1886 - 1973) — Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (Present-day Poland) Moshe Sharett (1894 - 1965) — Kherson, Russian Empire (Present-day Ukraine) Levi Eshkol (1895 - 1969) — Orativ, Russian Empire (Present-day Ukraine) Golda Meir (1898 - 1978) — Kiev, Russian Empire (Present-day Ukraine) Menachem Begin (1913 - 1992) — Brest, Russian Empire (Present-day Belarus) Yitzhak Shamir (1915 - 2012) — Ruzhinoy, Russian Empire (Present-day Belarus) Second Polish Republic (1) Shimon Peres (1923 - 2016) — Vishnyeva, Second Polish Republic (Present-day Belarus) Mandatory Palestine (4) Yitzhak Rabin (1922 - 1995) - Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Ariel Sharon (1928 - 2014) - Kfar Malal, Mandatory Palestine Ehud Barak (b. 1942) - Mishmar HaSharon, Mandatory Palestine Ehud Olmert (b. 1945) - Binyamina, Mandatory Palestine State of Israel (3) Benjamin Netanyahu (b. 1949) — Tel Aviv, Israel Yair Lapid (b. 1963) — Tel Aviv, Israel Naftali Bennett (b. 1972) — Haifa, Israel See also Prime Minister of Israel List of prime ministers of Israel Prime Ministers, List Israel, Prime Minister of Prime Ministers Birthplaces Lists of prime ministers by place of birth