| Leaders of Israel (State of Israel) |
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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.
Parties:
Ahdut HaAvoda: Labour Unity (from 1968, Avoda) -
Atzmaut: Independence (2011 split from Avoda) -
Avoda: Labour Party -
Dash: Democratic Movement for Change -
Gesher: Bridge -
HaPoel HaMizrahi: Spiritual Center Worker (from 1956, Mafdal) -
Kadima: Forward (2005 split from Likud ) -
HaTzionut HaDatit: The Religious Zionism (1998 split from Mafdal, called Tkuma to 2021) -
HaTzionim HaKlaliym: General Zionists -
HaYamin HeHadash: New Right (member of Yamina) -
Herut: Freedom Movement (from 1988, Likud) -
Hosen L'Yisrael: Resilience for Israel (member of Kahol Lavan) -
Kahol Lavan: Blue and White (coalition) -
Kulanu: All of Us -
Likud: Consolidation' -
Mafdal: National Religious Party -
Mapai: Israeli Workers' Party (from 1968, Avoda) -
Mifleget HaMerkaz: Center Party -
Rafi: Israel Labor List -
Shas: International Organization of Torah-observant Sephardic Jews -
Shinui: Change -
Tikva Hadasha: New Hope -
Tnu'a Demokratit: Democratic Movement -
Tzomet: Crossroads -
Yamina: Rightwards (coalition) -
Yisrael Beiteinu: Israel is Our Home -
Yisrael BaAliyah: Israel and Immigration -
Yesh Atid: The Is a Future (2019-2020 member of Kahol Lavan)
See also the political leadership of Palestine.
Heads of the State
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Provisional Chairmen of the Council of State
David Ben-Gurion 15 May 1948 - 17 May 1948 (†1973) Mapai
Haim Weizmann 17 May 1948 - 17 Feb 1949 (†1952) Mapai
Presidents of the State
Haim Weizmann 17 Feb 1949 - 9 Nov 1952 (†1952) Mapai
Yosef Sprinzak 9 Nov 1952 - 10 Dec 1952 (†1959) Mapai (interim)
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi 10 Dec 1952 - 23 Apr 1963 (†1963) Mapai
Kadish Luz 23 Apr 1963 - 22 May 1963 (†1972) Mapai (interim)
Zalman Shazar 22 May 1963 - 24 May 1973 (†1974) Avoda
Ephraim Katzir 24 May 1973 - 29 May 1978 (†2009) Avoda
Yitzhak Navon 29 May 1978 - 5 May 1983 (†2015) Avoda
Haim Herzog 5 May 1983 - 13 May 1993 (†1997) Avoda
Ezer Weizman 13 May 1993 - 12 Jul 2000 (†2005) Avoda
Avraham Burg 12 Jul 2000 - 1 Aug 2000 Avoda (interim)
Moshe Katzav 1 Aug 2000 - 1 Jul 2007 Likud (duties suspended 25 Jan 2007)
[Dalia Itzik 25 Jan 2007 - 1 Jul 2007] Kadima (acting for suspended Katzav)
Dalia Itzik 1 Jul 2007 - 15 Jul 2007 Kadima (interim)
Shimon Peres 15 Jul 2007 - 24 Jul 2014 (†2016) Kadima
Reuven Rivlin 24 Jul 2014 - 7 Jul 2021 Likud
Yitzhak Herzog 7 Jul 2021 - Avoda
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Prime Ministers
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David Ben-Gurion 17 May 1948 - 7 Dec 1953 (†1973) Mapai
Moshe Sharett 7 Dec 1953 - 2 Nov 1955 (†1965) Mapai
David Ben-Gurion 2 Nov 1955 - 21 Jun 1963 (†1973) Mapai
Levi Eshkol 21 Jun 1963 - 26 Feb 1969 (†1969) Mapai
Yigal Allon 26 Feb 1969 - 17 Mar 1969 (†1980) Avoda (acting)
Golda Meir 17 Mar 1969 - 3 Jun 1974 (†1978) Avoda
Yitzhak Rabin 3 Jun 1974 - 22 Apr 1977 (†1995) Avoda
Shimon Peres 22 Apr 1977 - 21 Jun 1977 (†2016) Avoda (acting)
Menahem Begin 21 Jun 1977 - 10 Oct 1983 (†1992) Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Shamir 10 Oct 1983 - 14 Sep 1984 (†2012) Herut/Likud
Shimon Peres 14 Sep 1984 - 20 Oct 1986 (†2016) Avoda
Yitzhak Shamir 20 Oct 1986 - 13 Jul 1992 (†2012) Likud
Yitzhak Rabin 13 Jul 1992 - 4 Nov 1995 (†1995) Avoda
Shimon Peres 4 Nov 1995 - 18 Jun 1996 (†2016) Avoda (acting to 22 Nov 1995)
Binyamin Netanyahu 18 Jun 1996 - 6 Jul 1999 Likud
Ehud Barak 6 Jul 1999 - 7 Mar 2001 Avoda
Ariel Sharon 7 Mar 2001 - 14 Apr 2006 (†2014) Likud, Kadima
Ehud Olmert 14 Apr 2006 - 31 Mar 2009 Kadima (acting for Sharon 4 Jan-14 Apr 2006)
Binyamin Netanyahu 31 Mar 2009 - 13 Jun 2021 Likud
Naftali Bennett 13 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2022 HaYamin HeHadash/Yamina
Yair Lapid 1 Jul 2022 - 29 Dec 2022 Yesh Atid
Binyamin Netanyahu 29 Dec 2022 - Likud
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Designated acting, Deputy, Vice, Alternate Prime Ministers
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Designated acting Prime Ministers
Yitzhak Shamir 13 Sep 1984 – 20 Oct 1986 (†2012) Likud
Shimon Peres 20 Oct 1986 - 15 Mar 1990 (†2016) Avoda
Ehud Olmert 28 Feb 2003 - 4 Jan 2006 Likud, Kadima
Tzipi Livni 4 May 2006 - 31 Mar 2009 Kadima
Deputy Prime Ministers
Eliezer Kaplan 25 Jun 1952 – 13 Jul 1952 (†1959) Mapai
Abba Eban 26 Jun 1963 – 12 Jan 1966 (†2002) Mapai
Yigal Allon 1 Jul 1968 – 10 Mar 1974 (†1980) Mapai, Avoda
Yigal Yadin 20 Jun 1977 – 5 Aug 1981 (†1984) Dash, Tnu'a Demokratit, n/p
Simha Erlich 20 Jun 1977 – 19 Jun 1983 (†1983) Likud
David Levy 3 Nov 1981 - 13 Jul 1992 Likud
Yitzhak Navon 13 Sep 1984 – 11 Jun 1990 (†2015) Avoda
Moshe Nissim 11 Jun 1990 – 13 Jul 1992 Likud
David Levy 18 Jun 1996 – 6 Jan 1998 Gesher
Zevulun Hammer 18 Jun 1996 – 20 Jan 1998 (†1998) Mafdal
Rafael Eitan 18 Jun 1996 – 6 Jul 1999 (†2004) Tzomet
Moshe Katzav 18 Jun 1996 – 6 Jul 1999 Likud
Yitzhak Mordechai 6 Jul 1999 – 30 May 2000 Mifleget HaMerkaz
David Levy 6 Jul 1999 – 4 Aug 2000 Gesher
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer 6 Jul 1999 – 7 Mar 2001 (†2016) Avoda
Shimon Peres 7 Mar 2001 – 2 Nov 2002 (†2016) Avoda
Silvan Shalom 7 Mar 2001 – 28 Feb 2003 Likud
Natan Sharansky 7 Mar 2001 – 28 Feb 2003 Yisrael BaAliyah
Eli Yishai 7 Mar 2001 – 23 May 2002 Shas
Eli Yishai 3 Jun 2002 – 28 Feb 2003 Shas
Yosef Tommy Lapid 28 Feb 2003 – 4 Dec 2004 (†2008) Shinui
Silvan Shalom 28 Feb 2003 – 15 Jan 2006 Likud
Amir Peretz 4 May 2006 – 18 Jun 2007 Avoda
Avigdor Lieberman 30 Oct 2006 – 18 Jan 2008 Yisrael Beiteinu
Shaul Mofaz 4 May 2006 – 31 Mar 2009 Kadima
Eli Yishai 4 May 2006 – 31 Mar 2009 Shas
Ehud Barak 18 Jun 2007 – 31 Mar 2009 Avoda
Avigdor Lieberman 31 Mar 2009 – 18 Dec 2012 Yisrael Beiteinu
Ehud Barak 31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Avoda, Atzmaut, n/p
Dan Meridor 31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Likud
Eli Yishai 31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Shas
Gideon Sa'ar 13 Jun 2021 - 9 Jul 2021 Tikva Hadasha
Binyamin Benny Gantz 13 Jun 2021 - 29 Dec 2022 Hosen L'Yisrael/Kahol Lavan
Yariv Levin 29 Dec 2022 - Likud
Vice Prime Ministers
Shimon Peres 10 Jan 2005 – 23 Nov 2005 (†2016) Avoda
Shimon Peres 4 May 2006 - 13 Jun 2007 (†2016) Kadima
Haim Ramon 4 Jul 2007 - 31 Mar 2009 Kadima
Silvan Shalom 31 Mar 2009 – 18 Mar 2013 Likud
Moshe Ya'alon 31 Mar 2009 - 18 Mar 2013 Likud
Shaul Mofaz 9 May 2012 – 19 Jul 2012 Kadima
Silvan Shalom 14 May 2015 – 27 Dec 2015 Likud
Aryeh Deri 29 Dec 2022 - 24 Jan 2023 Shas
Alternate Prime Ministers
Binyamin Benny Gantz 17 May 2020 - 13 Jun 2021 Hosen L'Yisrael/Kahol Lavan
Yair Lapid 13 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2022 Yesh Atid
Naftali Bennett 1 Jul 2022 - 8 Nov 2022 HaYamin HeHadash/Yamina
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Knesset Speakers
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Yosef Sprinzak 1949-1959 (†1959) Mapai
Nahum Nir-Rafalkes 1959 (†1968) Ahdut HaAvoda
Kudish Luz 1959-1969 (†1972) Mapai
Reuven Barkat 1969-1972 (†1972) Avoda
Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi 1972-1977 (†1979) Avoda
Yitzhak Shamir 1977-1980 (†2012) Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Berman 1980-1981 (†2013) Herut/Likud
Menahem Savidor 1981-1984 (†1988) Herut/Likud
Shlomo Hillel 1984-1988 (†2021) Avoda
Dov Shilansky 1988-1992 (†2010) Likud
Shevah Weiss 1992-1996 Avoda
Dan Tichon 1996-1999 Likud
Avraham Burg 1999-2003 Avoda
Reuven Rivlin 2003-2006 Likud
Dalia Itzik 2006-2009 Kadima
Reuven Rivlin 2009-2013 Likud
Yuli-Yoel Edelstein 2013-2020 Likud
Binyamin Benny Gantz 2020 Hosen L'Yisrael
Yariv Levin 2020-2021 Likud
Michael Mickey Levy 2021-2022 Yesh Atid
Amir Ohana 2022- Likud
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Moshe Sharett 1948-1956 (†1965) Mapai
Golda Meir 1956-1966 (†1978) Mapai
Abba Eban 1966-1974 (†2002) Avoda
Yigal Allon 1974-1977 (†1980) Avoda
Moshe Dayan 1977-1979 (†1981) Herut/Likud
Menahem Begin 1979-1980 (†1992) Herut/Likud (acting)
Yitzhak Shamir 1980-1986 (†2012) Herut/Likud
Shimon Peres 1986-1988 (†2016) Avoda
Moshe Arens 1988-1990 (†2019) Likud
David Levy 1990-1992 Likud
Shimon Peres 1992-1995 (†2016) Avoda
Yossi Beilin 1995 Avoda (acting)
Ehud Barak 1995-1996 Avoda
David Levy 1996-1998 Gesher
Binyamin Netanyahu 1998 Likud (acting)
Ariel Sharon 1998-1999 (†2014) Likud
David Levy 1999-2000 Gesher
Ehud Barak 2000 Avoda (acting)
Shlomo Ben-Ami 2000-2001 Avoda
Shimon Peres 2001-2002 (†2016) Avoda
Binyamin Netanyahu 2002-2003 Likud
Silvan Shalom 2003-2006 Likud
Tzipi Livni 2006-2009 Kadima
Avigdor Lieberman 2009-2012 Yisrael Beiteinu
Binyamin Netanyahu 2012-2013 Likud
Avigdor Lieberman 2013-2015 Yisrael Beiteinu
Binyamin Netanyahu 2015-2019 Likud
Yisrael Katz 2019-2020 Likud
Gavriel Gabi Ashkenazi 2020-2021 Hosen L'Yisrael/Kahol Lavan
Yair Lapid 2021-2022 Yesh Atid
Eli Cohen 2022-2024 Likud
Yisrael Katz 2024- Likud
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Ministers of Defence
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David Ben-Gurion 1948-1954 (†1973) Mapai
Pinhas Lavon 1954-1955 (†1972) Mapai
David Ben-Gurion 1955-1963 (†1973) Mapai
Levi Eshkol 1963-1967 (†1969) Mapai
Moshe Dayan 1967-1974 (†1981) Avoda
Shimon Peres 1974-1977 (†2016) Avoda
Ezer Weizman 1977-1980 (†2005) Herut/Likud
Menahem Begin 1980-1981 (†1992) Herut/Likud (acting)
Ariel Sharon 1981-1983 (†2014) Herut/Likud
Moshe Arens 1983-1984 (†2019) Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Rabin 1984-1990 (†1995) Avoda
Yitzhak Shamir 1990 (†2012) Likud
Moshe Arens 1990-1992 (†2019) Likud
Yitzhak Rabin 1992-1995 (†1995) Avoda
Shimon Peres 1995-1996 (†2016) Avoda
Yitzhak Mordechai 1996-1999 Likud
Moshe Arens 1999 (†2019) Likud
Ehud Barak 1999-2001 Avoda
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer 2001-2002 (†2016) Avoda
Shaul Mofaz 2002-2006 Likud, Kadima
Amir Peretz 2006-2007 Avoda
Ehud Barak 2007-2013 Avoda, Atzmaut
Moshe Ya'alon 2013-2016 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 2016 Likud (acting)
Avigdor Lieberman 2016-2018 Yisrael Beiteinu
Binyamin Netanyahu 2018-2019 Likud
Naftali Bennett 2019-2020 HaYamin HeHadash/Yamina
Binyamin Benny Gantz 2020-2022 Hosen L'Yisrael/Kahol Lavan
Yoav Galant 2022- Likud
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Ministers of Finance
Eliezer Kaplan 1948-1952 (†1952) Mapai
Levi Eshkol 1952-1963 (†1969) Mapai
Pinhas Sapir 1963-1968 (†1975) Mapai
Ze'ev Sharef 1968-1969 (†1984) Mapai, Avoda
Pinhas Sapir 1969-1974 (†1975) Avoda
Yehoshua Rabinovich 1974-1977 (†1979) Avoda
Simha Ehrlich 1977-1979 (†1983) Liberal/Likud
Yigal Hurvitz 1979-1981 (†1994) Herut/Likud, Rafi
Yoram Aridor 1981-1983 Herut/Likud
Yigal Cohen-Orgad 1983-1984 (†2019) Herut/Likud
Yitzhak Moday 1984-1986 (†1998) Herut/Likud
Moshe Nissim 1986-1988 Herut/Likud
Shimon Peres 1988-1990 (†2016) Avoda
Yitzhak Moday 1990-1992 (†1998) Likud
Avraham Shohat 1992-1996 (†2024) Avoda
Dan Meridor 1996-1997 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 1997 Likud
Yaakov Neeman 1997-1998 (†2017) Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 1998-1999 Likud
Meir Sheetrit 1999 Likud
Avraham Shohat 1999-2001 (†2024) Avoda
Silvan Shalom 2001-2003 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 2003-2005 Likud
Ehud Olmert 2005-2006 Likud, Kadima
Avraham Hirschson 2006-2007 (†2022) Kadima
[Ehud Olmert 2007] Kadima (acting for suspended Hirchson)
Roni Bar-On 2007-2009 Kadima
Yuval Steinitz 2009-2013 Likud
Yair Lapid 2013-2014 Yesh Atid
Binyamin Netanyahu 2014-2015 Likud
Moshe Kahlon 2015-2020 Kulanu
Yisrael Katz 2020-2021 Likud
Avigdor Lieberman 2021-2022 Yisrael Beiteinu
Bezalel Smotrich 2022- HaTzionut HaDatit
Ministers of the Interior
Yitzhak Gruenbaum 1948-1949 (†1970) Mapai
Moshe Haim Shapira 1949-1952 (†1970) HaPoel HaMizrahi
Israel Rokach 1952-1955 (†1959) HaTzionim HaKlaliym
Moshe Haim Shapira 1955 (†1970) HaPoel HaMizrahi
Israel Bar-Yehuda 1955-1959 (†1965) Ahdut HaAvodah
Moshe Haim Shapira 1959-1970 (†1970) Mafdal
Yosef Burg 1970-1974 (†1999) Mafdal
Shlomo Hillel 1974 (†2021) Avoda
Yosef Burg 1974-1977 (†1999) Mafdal
Shlomo Hillel 1977 (†2021) Avoda
Yosef Burg 1977-1984 (†1999) Mafdal
Shimon Peres 1984 (†2016) Avoda
Yitzhak Haim Peretz 1984-1987 Shas
Yitzhak Shamir 1987-1988 (†2012) Likud
Aryeh Machluf Deri 1988-1992 Shas
Yitzhak Rabin 1992-1993 (†1995) Avoda
Aryeh Machluf Deri 1993 Shas
Yitzhak Rabin 1993-1995 (†1995) Avoda
Uzi Baram 1995 Avoda
David Libai 1995 Avoda
Ehud Barak 1995 Avoda
Haim Ramon 1995-1996 Avoda
Eliyahu Suissa 1996-1999 Shas
Natan Sharansky 1999-2000 Yisrael BaAliyah
Haim Ramon 2000-2001 Avoda
Eliyahu Yishai 2001-2002 Shas
Ariel Sharon 2002 (†2014) Likud
Eliyahu Yishai 2002-2003 Shas
Avraham Poraz 2003-2004 Shinui
Ariel Sharon 2004-2005 (†2014) Likud
Ophir Pines-Paz 2005 Avoda
Ariel Sharon 2005-2006 (†2014) Kadima (acting)
Ehud Olmert 2006 Kadima (acting)
Roni Bar-On 2006-2007 Kadima
Meir Sheetrit 2007-2009 Kadima
Eliyahu Yishai 2009-2013 Shas
Gideon Sa'ar 2013-2014 Likud
Gilad Erdan 2014-2015 Likud
Silvan Shalom 2015 Likud
Binyamin Netanyahu 2015-2016 Likud
Aryeh Machluf Deri 2016-2021 Shas
Ayelet Shaked 2021-2022 HaYamin HeHadash/Yamina
Aryeh Machluf Deri 2022-2023 Shas
Michael Malchieli 2023 Shas (acting)
Moshe Arbel 2023- Shas
Chiefs of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)
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Yaakov Dori 1948-1949 (†1973)
Yigal Yadin 1949-1952 (†1984)
Mordechai Maklef 1952-1953 (†1978)
Moshe Dayan 1953-1958 (†1981)
Haim Laskov 1958-1961 (†1983)
Zvi Tzur 1961-1964 (†2004)
Yitzhak Rabin 1964-1968 (†1992)
Haim Bar-Lev 1968-1972 (†1994)
David Elazar 1972-1974 (†1976)
Mordechai Gur 1974-1978 (†1995)
Rafael Eitan 1978-1983 (†2004)
Moshe Levy 1983-1987
Dan Shomron 1987-1991 (†2008)
Ehud Barak 1991-1995
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak 1995-1998 (†2012)
Shaul Mofaz 1998-2002
Moshe Ya'alon 2002-2005
Dan Halutz 2005-2007
Gavriel Gabi Ashkenazi 2007-2011
Benny Gantz 2011-2015
Gadi Eizenkot 2015-2019
Aviv Kochavi 2019-2023
Herzi Halevi 2023-
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Directors of the Mossad
Reuven Shiloah 1949-1953 (†1959)
Isser Harel 1953-1963 (†2003)
Meir Amit 1963-1968 (†2009)
Zvi Zamir 1968-1974 (†2024)
Yitzhak Hofi 1974-1982 (†2014)
Nahum Admoni 1982-1989
Shabtai Shavit 1989-1996
Danny Yatom 1996-1998
Efraim Halevy 1998-2002
Meir Dagan 2002-2011 (†2016)
Tamir Pardo 2011-2016
Yossi Cohen 2016-2021
David Dadi Barnea 2021-
Leaders of Herut/Likud
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Menachem Begin 1948-1951 (†1992)
Arye Ben-Eliezer 1951-1952 (†1970) (interim)
Menachem Begin 1952-1983 (†1992)
Yitzhak Shamir 1983-1993 (†2012)
Binyamin Netanyahu 1993-1999
Ariel Sharon 1999-2005 (†2014)
Tzachi Hanegbi 2005 (acting)
Binyamin Netanyahu 2005-
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The Likud block contested the elections as a rightist coalition since 1973; its core was the Gahal (Freedom-Liberal Block), comprised by the Herut and the Liberal Party. In 1988 the Likud became properly a party when its members decided to merge.
Leaders of Mapai/Avoda
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David Ben-Gurion 1948-1954 (†1973)
Moshe Sharett 1954-1955 (†1965)
David Ben-Gurion 1955-1963 (†1973)
Levi Eshkol 1963-1969 (†1969)
Yigal Allon 1969 (†1980) (interim)
Golda Meir 1969-1974 (†1978)
Yitzhak Rabin 1974-1977 (†1995)
Shimon Peres 1977-1992 (†2016)
Yiztzak Rabin 1992-1995 (†1995)
Shimon Peres 1995-1997 (†2016)
Ehud Barak 1997-2001
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer 2001-2002 (†2016)
Amran Mitzna 2002-2003
Shimon Peres 2003-2005 (†2016)
Amir Peretz 2005-2007
Ehud Barak 2007-2011
Michael Harish 2011- (acting)
Shelly Yachimovich 2011-2013
Yitzhak Herzog 2013-2017
Avi Gabbay 2017-2019
Amir Peretz 2019-2021
Merav Michaeli 2021-
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The Avoda was born in 1968 as the merger of the Mapai, the Rafi party and Ahdut HaAvoda, which split from the Mapai in 1965 and 1944, respectively.
Kadima was launched by prime minister Ariel Sharon on 21 Nov 2005. The party was disbanded in 2015.
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