title: List of prime ministers of Israel by place of birth
text: # List of prime ministers of Israel by place of birth
  
  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 (born 1942) — Mishmar HaSharon, Mandatory Palestine
  * Ehud Olmert (born 1945) — Binyamina, Mandatory Palestine
  
  ## State of Israel (3)
  
  * Benjamin Netanyahu (born 1949) — Tel Aviv, Israel
  * Yair Lapid (born 1963) — Tel Aviv, Israel
  * Naftali Bennett (born 1972) — Haifa, Israel
  