Netanyahu becomes longest serving PM

Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dominated Israeli politics in recent years, will surpass David Ben-Gurion as the country’s longest-serving premier but his future is clouded by looming indictments for corruption


Jul 17: Netanyahu surpasses Ben-Gurion


Party affiliation 	Mapai/Alignment/Labor 	Likud Kadima

Benjamin Netanyahu	4,873 days
1996-99 / 2009- 

David Ben-Gurion	4,872
1948-53 / 1955-63 
	
Yitzhak Shamir		2,432
1983-84 / 1986-92 

Menachem Begin		2,302
1977-83 

Yitzhak Rabin		2,263
1974-77 / 1992-95 

Levi Eshkol		2,072
1963-69 

Golda Meir		1,904
1969-74 

Ariel Sharon		1,864
2001-06 

Ehud Olmert		1,182
2006-09 		

Shimon Peres		994
1984-86 / 1995-96

Moshe Sharett		646
1953-55 

Ehud Barak		610
1999-2001 

Yigal Allon		19
Feb 26-Mar 17, 1969 (interim) 


Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica 
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