away from Likud and Labor-Meimad stood down 23 November 2005, leaving a government consisting of Kadima, Likud and Agudat Yisrael; Likud stood down 15 January 2006. 31st: Yisrael Beiteinu joined November 2006; stood down 16 January 2008. 32nd: United Torah Judaism joined 1 April 2009; Independence broke away from Labor 17 January 2011; Independence remained in the government and Labor stood down. 34th: Yisrael Beiteinu joined 30 May 2016; stood down 18 November 2018; New Right split from The Jewish Home on 29 December 2018 and remained in gov't until 2 June 2019, returning on 8 November 2019; Kulanu merged into Likud on 31 July 2019;The Jewish Home merged with Tkuma and Otzma Yehudit on 21 February 2019 to become the Union of Right-Wing Parties; On 15 January 2020, New Right and URWP merged to become Yamina. 35th: Of the three Labor MKs, one (Merav Michaeli) sat in opposition; Derekh Eretz stood down 16 December 2020. Term of office in years Benjamin Netanyahu: as of (first term: 3 years and 18 days; second term: 12 years and 74 days; third term: ) David Ben-Gurion: 13 years and 127 days (first term: 5 years and 257 days; second term: 7 years and 235 days) Yitzhak Shamir: 6 years and 242 days (first term: 339 days; second term: 5 years and 268 days) Yitzhak Rabin: 6 years and 132 days (first term: 3 years and 18 days; second term: 3 years and 114 days) Menachem Begin: 6 years and 113 days Levi Eshkol: 5 years and 247 days Ariel Sharon: 5 years and 39 days Golda Meir: 5 years and 19 days Ehud Olmert: 2 years and 351 days Shimon Peres: 2 years and 264 days (first term: 2 years and 37 days; second term: 227 days) Moshe Sharett: 1 year and 281 days Ehud Barak: 1 year and 245 days Naftali Bennett: 1 year and 17 days Yair Lapid: 181 days Yigal Allon: 19 days (acting) Timeline This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Israel. The prime ministers are listed in order of office, with prime ministers who held the office more than once listed in order of their first term. See also Prime Minister of Israel List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel List of presidents of Israel List of prime ministers of Israel by place of birth References External links The PM's Who Shaped