This article lists the presidents of the Provisional State Council and Presidents of Israel since the adoption of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.
The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization and Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
As President of the Provisional State Council, the interim legislative and executive authority that served until the formation of Israel's provisional government, Chaim Weizmann served as the de facto head of state until his election as President of Israel in 1949.
Presidents | Elected | ||||||
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Portrait | width=150 | Name | Term of office | Political party | |||
1 | David Ben-Gurion | 14 May 1948 | 16 May 1948 | Mapai | colspan=2 | — | |
2 | Chaim Weizmann | 16 May 1948 | 17 February 1949 | General Zionists | colspan=2 | — | |
Eleven people have served as President of Israel, four of whom have served two consecutive terms and one, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, was elected to three consecutive terms, although he died in office soon after the beginning of his third term.
Isaac Herzog has been serving as the 11th President of Israel since 2021.
President | Elected | |||||||
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Portrait | width=150 | Name | Term of office | Political party | ||||
1 | Chaim Weizmann | 17 February 1949 | 25 November 1951 | General Zionists | colspan=2 | 1949 | ||
25 November 1951 | 9 November 1952 | colspan=2 | 1951 | |||||
– | Yosef Sprinzak | 9 November 1952 | 16 December 1952 | Mapai | – | |||
2 | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi | 16 December 1952 | 30 October 1957[1] | Mapai | colspan=2 | 1952 | ||
30 October 1957 | 30 October 1962 | colspan=2 | 1957 | |||||
30 October 1962 | 23 April 1963 | colspan=2 | ||||||
– | Kadish Luz | 23 April 1963 | 21 May 1963 | Mapai | – | |||
3 | Zalman Shazar | 21 May 1963 | 26 March 1968 | Mapai | colspan=2 | |||
26 March 1968 | 24 May 1973 | colspan=2 | ||||||
4 | Ephraim Katzir | 24 May 1973 | 29 May 1978 | Alignment | colspan=2 | 1973 | ||
5 | Yitzhak Navon | 29 May 1978 | 5 May 1983 | Alignment | colspan=2 | 1978 | ||
6 | Chaim Herzog | 5 May 1983 | 23 February 1988 | Alignment | colspan=2 | 1983 | ||
23 February 1988 | 13 May 1993 | colspan=2 | 1988 | |||||
7 | Ezer Weizman | 13 May 1993 | 4 March 1998 | Labor | colspan=2 | 1993 | ||
4 March 1998 | 13 July 2000 | colspan=2 | 1998 | |||||
– | Avraham Burg | 13 July 2000 | 1 August 2000 | One Israel | – | |||
8 | Moshe Katsav | 1 August 2000 | 1 July 2007 | Likud | colspan=2 | 2000 | ||
– | Dalia Itzik | 1 July 2007 | 15 July 2007 | Kadima | – | |||
9 | Shimon Peres | 15 July 2007 | 24 July 2014 | Kadima | colspan=2 | 2007 | ||
10 | Reuven Rivlin | 24 July 2014 | 7 July 2021 | Likud | colspan=2 | 2014 | ||
11 | Isaac Herzog | 7 July 2021 | Labor | colspan=2 | 2021 |
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Place of birth | Place of death | Place of burial | ||
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1 | Motal, Russian Empire | Rehovot | Rehovot[2] | ||||
2 | Poltava, Russian Empire | Jerusalem | Har HaMenuchot | ||||
3 | Mir, Russian Empire | Jerusalem | Mount Herzl | ||||
4 | Kiev, Russian Empire | Rehovot | Rehovot Cemetery | ||||
5 | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine | Jerusalem | Mount Herzl [3] | ||||
6 | Belfast, United Kingdom | Tel Aviv | Mount Herzl | ||||
7 | Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine | Caesarea | Or Akiva | ||||
8 | Yazd, Pahlavi Iran | ||||||
9 | 28 September 2016 | Vishnyeva, Poland | Ramat Gan | Mount Herzl | |||
10 | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine | ||||||
11 | Tel Aviv, Israel |