The following is a list of Jewish leaders since the time of Abraham.

For thousands of years, Jews have lived in their homeland, sometimes as an independent polity, sometimes not.

Sojourn in Egypt

According to the last chapter of Genesis, Jacob moved, with his family, to Egypt, and toward the end of his life, gave the dominant blessing to Joseph's younger son, Ephraim, as opposed to the oldest son Manasseh as was custom. Therefore, it is assumed Ephraim and his descendants (which are mentioned in I Chronicles 7:20-21) held the leadership of the Israelites during the slavery period in Egypt, until the time of Moses, although the Bible never mentions this specifically.

• Joseph
  Joseph (Hebrew Bible)
  Joseph is an important character in the Hebrew bible, where he connects the story of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in Canaan to the subsequent story of the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt....
  
  
• Ephraim
  Ephraim
  Ephraim ; was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughter of Potipherah, a priest of On. Ephraim was born in Egypt before the arrival of the children of Israel from Canaan...
  
  
• Shutelah
• Bered
• Tahat
• Eladah
• Tahat
• Zabad
• Shutelah

The Judges

• Joshua
  Joshua
  Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...
  
  
• Othniel
• Ehud
  Ehud
  Ehud ben‑Gera is described in the biblical Book of Judges as a judge who was sent by God to deliver the Israelites from Moabite domination.-Biblical narrative:...
  
  
• Shamgar
  Shamgar
  Shamgar, son of Anath is the name of one or possibly two individuals named in the Book of Judges. The name occurs twice; at the first mention Shamgar is identified as a Biblical Judge, who repelled Philistine incursions into Israelite regions, and slaughtered 600 of the invaders with an ox goad,...
  
  
• Deborah
  Deborah
  Deborah was a prophetess of Yahweh the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, counselor, warrior, and the wife of Lapidoth according to the Book of Judges chapters 4 and 5....
  
  
• Gideon
• Abimelech
  Abimelech
  Abimelech was a common name of the Philistine kings.Abimelech was most prominently the name of a king of Gerar who is mentioned in two of the three wife-sister narratives in Genesis...
  
  
• Tola
• Yair
  Yair
  Yair, a Hebrew name. Pronounced ya-EAR, it is a Hebrew verb meaning "he will light" or "he will enlighten". It appears both in ancient Jewish sources and as a familiar name in contemporary Israel.In Scriptural and archaic form, it may appear as Jair or Ya'ir....
  
  
• Jephthah
• Ibzan
  Ibzan
  Ibzan appears in the Bible as one of the Judges of Israel. Very little is said about him, except the following:Many scholars believe that the Bethlehem referred to in the story is the Bethlehem in the territory of the Tribe of Zebulun, rather than the more famous Bethlehem in the Tribe of Judah...
  
  
• Elon
  Elon
  In the Bible, Elon was a Judge of Israel.He followed Ibzan and was succeeded by Abdon. It is said that he was from the Tribe of Zebulun, led Israel for ten years, and was buried in Ajalon in Zebulon .- See also :*Biblical judges*Book of Judges...
  
  
• Abdon
  Abdon (Judges)
  Abdon , was the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, and was the tenth Judge of Israel mentioned in the Book of Judges. . He was a member of the tribe of Ephraim, and in the biblical account was credited with having forty sons and thirty grandsons. He judged Israel for eight years...
  
  
• Samson
  Samson
  Samson, Shimshon ; Shamshoun or Sampson is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh ....
  
  
• Eli
  Eli (Biblical Priest)
  Eli was, according to the Books of Samuel, a Jewish High Priest of Shiloh, and one of the last Israelite Judges before the rule of kings in ancient Israel.-Biblical narrative:...
  
  
• Samuel

After Rehoboam

After Rehoboam reigned three years (1 Chronicles 11:17), the kingdom was divided in two - the northern kingdom of Israel with its capital, first in Shechem (Nablus), then Tirzah, and finally Samaria, and ruled by a series of dynasties beginning with Jeroboam; and the southern kingdom of Judah with its capital still at Jerusalem and still ruled by the House of David. The following list contains the kings of Judah with the kings of Israel in the summaries:

• Abijah
  Abijah
  Abijah or Abiah or Abia is a Biblical unisex name that means Aviya or "my Father is Yahweh" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament the name Abijah was borne by several characters:Women...
  
  
• Asa
  Asa of Judah
  Asa was the third king of the Kingdom of Judah and the fifth king of the House of David. He was the son of Abijam, grandson of Rehoboam, and great-grandson of Solomon. The Hebrew Bible gives the period of his reign as 41 years. His reign is dated between 913-910 BCE to 873-869 BCE. He was...
  
   - under whose reign, the following were kings in Israel: *Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab.
• Jehoshaphat
  Jehoshaphat
  Jehoshaphat was the fourth king of the The Kingdom of Judah, and successor of his father Asa. His children included Jehoram, who succeeded him as king...
  
   - under whose reign, Ahaziah and Yehoram reigned in Israel.
• Yehoram
  Jehoram of Judah
  Jehoram of Judah was the king of the southern Kingdom of Judah, and the son of Jehoshaphat .According to , Jehoram became king of Judah in the fifth year of Jehoram of Israel, when his father Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, indicating a co-regency. The author of Kings also speaks of both Jehoram...
  
   ben Yehoshaphat
• Ahaziah
  Ahaziah of Judah
  Ahaziah of Judah was king of Judah, and the son of Jehoram and Athaliah, the daughter of king Ahab of Israel. He is also called Jehoahaz ....
  
   ben Yehoram - under whose reign, Jehu ruled in Israel.
• Athaliah
  Athaliah
  Athaliah was the queen of Judah during the reign of King Jehoram, and later became sole ruler of Judah for six years. William F. Albright has dated her reign to 842–837 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele's dates, as taken from the third edition of his magnum opus, were 842/841 to 836/835 BC...
  
  
• Yehoash
  Jehoash of Judah
  Jehoash or Joas , sometimes written Joash or Joás , was the eighth king of the southern Kingdom of Judah, and the sole surviving son of Ahaziah. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba ....
  
   - under whose reign, Yehoahaz and another Yehoash ruled in Israel.
• Amaziah
  Amaziah
  Amaziah or Amasias may refer to:#Amaziah of Judah, the king of Judah#A Levite, son of Hilkiah, of the descendants of Ethan the Merarite #A priest of the golden calves at Bethel...
  
   - under whose reign, Jeroboam II ruled in Israel.
• Uzziah
  Uzziah
  Uzziah , also known as Azariah , was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons, whom the people appointed to replace his father...
  
   - under whose reign, the following ruled over Israel: Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, and Pekah.
• Yotam
• Ahaz
  Ahaz
  Ahaz was king of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham. He is one of the kings mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew....
  
   - under whose reign, Hoshea ruled over Israel.
• Hezekiah
  Hezekiah
  Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz and the 14th king of Judah. Edwin Thiele has concluded that his reign was between c. 715 and 686 BC. He is also one of the most prominent kings of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible....
  
   - under his reign, the Assyrian Empire conquered and destroyed the northern kingdom 722BC leaving only the southern kingdom of Judah.
• Manasseh
  Manasseh of Judah
  Manasseh was a king of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the only son of Hezekiah with Hephzi-bah. He became king at an age 12 years and reigned for 55 years. Edwin Thiele has concluded that he commenced his reign as co-regent with his father Hezekiah in 697/696 BC, with his sole reign beginning in...
  
  
• Amon
  Amon of Judah
  Amon was the king of Judah who succeeded his father Manasseh of Judah on the throne according to the Bible. His mother was Meshullemeth, daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. He was married to Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath....
  
  
• Josiah
  Josiah
  Josiah or Yoshiyahu or Joshua was a king of Judah who instituted major reforms. Josiah is credited by most historians with having established or compiled important Jewish scriptures during the Deuteronomic reform that occurred during his rule.Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight, after...
  
  
• Yehoahaz
  Jehoahaz of Judah
  Jehoahaz or Joachaz in the Douay-Rheims and some other English translations was king of Judah and son of king Josiah whom he succeeded and Hamautal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. He was born in 633/632 BC and his birth name was Shallum...
  
  
• Yakim
  Jehoiakim
  Jehoiakim .On Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz was proclaimed king, but after three months pharaoh Necho II deposed him and replaced him with the eldest son, Eliakim, who adopted the name Jehoiakim and became king at the age of twenty-five...
  
  
• Yachin
  Jeconiah
  Jeconiah "; ; ), also known as Coniah and as Jehoiachin , was a king of Judah who was dethroned by the King of Babylon in the 6th Century BCE and was taken into captivity. Most of what is known about Jeconiah is found in the Hebrew Bible. After many excavations in Iraq, records of Jeconiah's...
  
  
• Zedekiah
  Zedekiah
  Zedekiah or Tzidkiyahu was the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon. He was installed as king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon, after a siege of Jerusalem to succeed his nephew, Jeconiah, who was overthrown as king after a reign of only three months and...
  
   - last king to rule over, and in, Judah. Overthrown by Babylonia (which succeeded Assyria) and exiled, along with most of the rest of the population, to that kingdom, where he was executed. Yachin resumed the throne as king-in-exile (II Kings 25:27-30) and Gedaliah
  Gedaliah
  According to the Hebrew Bible, Gedaliah was appointed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon as governor of Yehud province, which was formed after the defeat of the Kingdom of Judah and the destruction of Jerusalem, in a part of the territory that previously formed the kingdom. He was supported by a...
  
   became governor over the remnant of Judah in their homeland. He was assassinated the next year.

Return to Judea Under the House of David

Persia succeeded Babylonia 538BC and King Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to their homeland.

• Sheshbazzar
• Zerubbavel
• Ezra
  Ezra
  Ezra , also called Ezra the Scribe and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem...
  
  
• Nehemiah
  Nehemiah
  Nehemiah ]]," Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work rebuilding Jerusalem and purifying the Jewish community. He was the son of Hachaliah, Nehemiah ]]," Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is the...
  
  
• Hananiah
  Hananiah
  Hananiah may refer to:*Hananiah, son of Zerubbabel, exilarch*Hananiah of the Book of Daniel*Hananiah , 4th century BC, governor of Samaria under the Achaemenid Empire...
  
  

The High Priesthood

Beginning c.late 5th century BC, while Judea was under Persian, and then Greek governors, the Jews maintained their autonomy through their High Priests who were the descendants of Aaron, brother of Moses and the first High Priest.

• Yehozadak - during the exile
• Yeshua - during the return
• Yakim
  Joiakim (high priest)
  The mystery surrounding the identity of Joiakim is rather convoluted. Biblical texts seem to conflict with one another, as we will detail. In a similar fashion the history of Josephus The mystery surrounding the identity of Joiakim is rather convoluted. Biblical texts seem to conflict with one...
  
  
• Eliashiv
  Eliashib (High Priest)
  Eliashib the High Priest is mentioned in Nehemiah 12:10,22 and 3:1, 20-21,13:28 and possibly the Book of Ezra 10:6 of the Hebrew Bible. Some also place him in different parts of Nehemiah including 12:23 and 13:4,7, but this is disputed. Nehemiah 3:20-21 places his home between the area of two...
  
  
• Yehoiada
  Joiada
  Joiada, , which means "Yahu knows," is a name found from the form "Jehoiada" in the Old Testament and used alternately in English versions . Joiada is the fourth high priest after the Babylonian Exile and his name is only found in the lists of Neh 12:10-11, 22 and in Neh 13:28. Most historians...
  
  
• Yohanan
  Johanan (High Priest)
  Johanan , son of Joiada, was the fifth Jewish high priest after the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem by the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian captivity. His reign is estimated to have been from c. 410-371 BCE; he was succeeded by his son Jaddua. The bible gives no details about his life...
  
  
• Yaddua
  Jaddua
  Jaddua was a the son of Jonathan and a high priest during the postexilic period. However, according to Nehemiah12:22 it is possible that a transcribing error has occurred in the rendering of Juddah's father's name. A more likely translation is that Juddah's father was Johanan. . Reference to Jaddua...
  
   - it was possibly during his reign (332BC) that Alexander the Great conquered Judea and brought it under the rule of the Hellenistic Empire.
• Onias I
  Onias I
  Onias I was the son of the Jaddua mentioned in Nehemiah. According to Josephus, this Jaddua is said to have been a contemporary of Alexander the Great. I Maccabees regards Onias as a contemporary of the Spartan king Areus I...
  
   - Egypt conquers Judea (301BC).
• Shimon haTzedek
  Simon I (High Priest)
  Simon I son of Onias I, was High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem. Some identify him as Simeon the Just.-References:...
  
  
• Eleazar
• Manasseh
• Onias II
  Onias II
  Onias II was the son of Simon the Just. He was still a minor when his father died, so that his uncle Eleazar, and after him the latter's uncle Manasseh, officiated as high priests before he himself succeeded to that dignity...
  
   - during his time, Judea passed to the overlordship of the Syrian Greeks which lasted 2 years and under:
• Shimon II - Judea passed to Egypt.
• Onias III
  Onias III
  Onias III was a Jewish High Priest, the son of Simon II. He is described as a pious man who, unlike the Hellenizers, fought for Judaism. Seleucus Philopator defrayed all the expenses connected with the sanctuary and was friendly to the Jews...
  
   - Judea conquered by Syrian Greeks.
• Jason
  Jason (high priest)
  Jason of the Oniad family, brother to Onias III, was a High Priest in the Temple in Jerusalem.Jason became high priest in 175 BCE after the accession of Antiochus Epiphanes to the throne of the Seleucid Empire....
  
  
• Meneleus

House of Hasmon (The Maccabees) 168BC-37BC

• Mattityahu
  Mattathias
  Mattathias ben Johanan was a Jewish priest whose role in the Jewish revolt against the Syrian Greeks is related in the Books of the Maccabees...
  
   - who began a war for independence.
• Judah
  Judas Maccabeus
  Judah Maccabee was a Kohen and a son of the Jewish priest Mattathias...
  
   - during whose reign, Alcimus succeeded Menelaeus as high priest.
• Jonathan
  Jonathan Maccabaeus
  Jonathan Apphus was leader of the Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE. The name Apphus could mean = "the dissembler", "the Wary", or "the diplomat", in allusion to a trait prominent in him -Leader of the Jews:...
  
   - assumed the high priesthood.
• Simon
  Simon Maccabaeus
  Simon Thassi was the second son of Mattathias and thus a member of the Hasmonean family. The name "Thassi" has an uncertain meaning...
  
   - succeeded his brother Jonathan as high priest and was also installed as ethnarch and commander-in-chief. Under his reign, Judea gained its independence.
• John Hyrcanus I - also succeeded as high priest.
• Aristobulus - also high priest.
• Alexander Jannaeus
  Alexander Jannaeus
  Alexander Jannaeus was king of Judea from 103 BC to 76 BC. The son of John Hyrcanus, he inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus I, and appears to have married his brother's widow, Shlomtzion or "Shelomit", also known as Salome Alexandra, according to the Biblical law of Yibbum...
  
   - high priest and king.
• Salome Alexandra
  Salome Alexandra
  Salome Alexandra or Alexandra of Jerusalem , was the only Jewish regnant queen, with the exception of her own husband's mother whom he had prevented from ruling as his dying father had wished, and of the much earlier usurper Athaliah...
  
  
• Hyrcanus II
  Hyrcanus II
  Hyrcanus II, a member of the Hasmonean dynasty, was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea in the 1st century BC.-Accession:Hyrcanus was the eldest son of Alexander Jannaeus, King and High Priest, and Alexandra Salome...
  
   - succeeded Alexander as high priest beginning with the rule of Salome.
• Aristobulus II
  Aristobulus II
  Aristobulus II was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea, 66 BC to 63 BC, from the Hasmonean Dynasty.-Family:Aristobulus was the younger son of Alexander Jannaeus, King and High Priest, and Alexandra Salome. After the death of Alexander in 76 BC, his widow succeeded to the rule of Judea and...
  
   - succeeded as high priest. During his reign, Judea lost its independence and passed under the rule of Rome (63BC) who overthrew him and reinstalled:

Hyrcanus II as high priest

• Antigonus - also high priest

House of Herod 37BC-70AD

• Herod the Great
  Herod the Great
  Herod , also known as Herod the Great , was a Roman client king of Judea. His epithet of "the Great" is widely disputed as he is described as "a madman who murdered his own family and a great many rabbis." He is also known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and elsewhere, including his...
  
   - during whose reign, Anan became the 1st in a series of high priests during this period.
• Herod Archelaus
  Herod Archelaus
  Herod Archelaus was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD. He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, the brother of Herod Antipas, and the half-brother of Herod Philip I....
  
   4BC-6AD

After Archelaeus

After Archelaeus, there ruled a series of Roman governors over Judea, however, the Jews kept their autonomy. They continued to be ruled in their religious life by the high priests, appointed by the Roman governors, and in their civil life by the Sanhedrin under the Nasi. The Sanhedrin was believed to have begun with Ezra, and continued under the line of the House of David. The following list is that of the Nesiim. The corresponding High Priests are mentioned in the summaries:

• Hillel
  Hillel the Elder
  Hillel was a famous Jewish religious leader, one of the most important figures in Jewish history. He is associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud...
  
   20BC-16AD - under whose rule, the following were High Priests: Matityahu ben Theophilus 20BC?-4AD, Yoazar, Eleazar ben Boethus, Joshua, Anan ben Seth, and Ishmael.
• Shimon haNasi - under whose rule, the following were High Priests: Eleazar ben Anan, Shimon ben Camithus, and Joseph Caiaphas.
• Gamliel I - under whose rule, the following were High Priests: Jonathan ben Anan & Theophilus ben Anan. During the rule of Gamliel, the House of Herod was restored and:
• Agrippa I
  Agrippa I
  Agrippa I also known as Herod Agrippa or simply Herod , King of the Jews, was the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice. His original name was Marcus Julius Agrippa, so named in honour of Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and he is the king named Herod in the...
  
   - assumed the throne of Judea. He appointed as High Priest: Shimon Cantheras, Matityahu ben Anan, Aljoneus, and Jonathan ben Anan.
• Herod II - successor to Agrippa I, appointed as High Priests: Josephus ben Camydus, Anan ben Nebedeus, and Jonathan.
• Agrippa II
  Agrippa II
  Agrippa II , son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians. He was the brother of Berenice, Mariamne, and Drusilla...
  
   - appointed as High Priests: Ishmael ben Fabus, Joseph Cabi, Ananus ben Artanus
  Hanan ben Hanan
  Ananus ben Ananus , d. 68 CE, was a Herodian-era High Priest of Israel in Jerusalem, Iudaea Province...
  
  , Joshua ben Damneus, Joshua ben Gamliel, Matityahu ben Theophilus, and Pinhas ben Shmuel. In 66AD, the great revolt began against Rome, resulting in the Zealot Temple Siege
  Zealot Temple Siege
  The Zealot Temple Siege was a short siege of the Temple in Jerusalem fought between Jewish factions during the Great Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire...
  
   and culminating in the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70AD, the abolition of the High Priesthood, and the final defeat at Massada in 73. Agrippa II was exiled to Rome during the revolt where he died.

The Sanhedrin

The Sanhedrin continued to be ruled by the House of David. The majority, but not all Jews were exiled from Judea after the revolt but until the 4th century, the Jews still maintained a majority in the homeland. Afterwards, they became a minority and in that capacity they remained, until the birth of the modern State of Israel in 1948.

• Shimon ben Gamliel
  Shimon ben Gamliel
  Simeon ben Gamliel was a Tanna sage and leader of the Jewish people. He succeeded his father Gamliel I as the nasi of the Sanhedrin after his father's death in 50 CE and just before the destruction of the Second Temple...
  
   - served as Nasi during the last years of the revolt.
• Yohanan ben Zakkai - served after the destruction of the Temple. He moved the Sanhedrin to Yavneh.
• Hanina bar Hama
  Hanina bar Hama
  Hanina bar Hama was a Jewish Talmudist, halakist and haggadist frequently quoted in the Babylonian and the Jerusalem Talmud, and in the Midrashim....
  
  

Palestinian Patriarchate

Palestinian Patriarchate

The Palestinian Patriarchate was the governing legalistic body of Palestinian Jewry after the destruction of the Second Temple until about 425CE....

 80 CE — 425

• Gamaliel II
  Gamaliel II
  Rabban Gamaliel II was the first person to lead the Sanhedrin as Nasi after the fall of the second temple, which occurred in 70 CE. Gamliel was appointed nasi approximately 10 years later. Gamaliel II was the son of Shimon ben Gamaliel, one of Jerusalem's foremost men in the war against the...
  
   of Jamnia
  Council of Jamnia
  The Council of Jamnia or Council of Yavne is a hypothetical late 1st-century council at which it is postulated the canon of the Hebrew Bible was finalized....
  
  
• Eleazar ben Azariah
  Eleazar ben Azariah
  Eleazar ben Azariah , was a 1st-century CE Palestinian tanna . He was of the second generation and a junior contemporary of Gamaliel II, Eliezer b. Hyrcanus, and Joshua b. Hananiah, and senior of Akiba...
  
  

Interregnum (Bar Kokhba revolt)

• Shimon ben Gamliel II
  Shimon ben Gamliel II
  Simeon ben Gamliel II was a Tanna of the third generation and president of the Great Sanhedrin. Shimon was a youth in Betar when the Bar Kokhba revolt broke out, but when that fortress was taken by the Romans he managed to escape the massacre...
  
  
• Judah I
• Gamaliel III
  Gamaliel III
  Gamaliel III was the son of Rabbi Judah haNasi , who appointed him his successor as nasi. Little certain is known about his activities, but it is likely that the revision of the Mishnah was completed during his era....
  
  
• Judah II
  Judah II
  Judah II or Nesi'ah I was a famous Jewish sage who lived in Tiberias in the Land of Israel, in the middle of the third century CE. He is mentioned in the classical works of Judaism's oral law, the Mishnah and Talmud....
  
  
• Gamaliel IV
  Gamaliel IV
  Gamaliel IV was and father of Judah III.Gamaliel was the president of the Sanhedrin between 270 and 290 CE...
  
  
• Judah III
  Judah III
  It is often difficult to know when the Mishna and Talmud are referring to Judah II or Judah III; they do not clearly distinguish between them. Since the title "Nesi'ah" was borne by both, which of the two in any citation is meant by "Judah Nesi'ah" can be gathered only from internal evidence,...
  
  
• Hillel II
  Hillel II
  Hillel II, also known simply as Hillel held the office of Nasi of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin between 320 and 385 CE. He was the son and successor of Judah III. He was a Jewish communal and religious authority, circa 330 - 365 CE...
  
  
• Gamliel V
• Judah IV
  Judah IV
  -References:...
  
  
• Gamaliel VI
  Gamaliel VI
  Gamaliel VI was the last nasi of the ancient Sanhedrin.Gamaliel came into office around the year 400. On 17 October 415, an edict issued by the Emperors Honorius and Theodosius II deposed Gamaliel as nasi because he had disregarded an earlier decree by Honorius, which had curtailed his privileges...
  
  

Post-Patriarchate

In 425 CE, the office of the Patriarchate was abolished by the Byzantine authorities, but it continued to function secretly. The following leaders are to be found in The Jews of Egypt and Palestine under the Fatimid Caliphs :

• Gurya
• Mar Zutra II
• Jacob
  Jacob
  Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
  
  
• Shemaiah
• Haninah (same as Benjamin of Tiberias?) - possibly under his rule, Persia briefly conquered Palestine from the Byzantines 614-628, and installed a Persian Jew, Nehemiah ben Hushiel
  Nehemiah ben Hushiel
  Nehemiah ben Hushiel was the son of the Jewish Exilarch, placed as the symbolic leader of Jewish troops within Sassanid army in 608 CE, according to Jewish sources. This army participated in Khasrau II's campaign in the Levant. The joint military effort of Sassanid troops and local Jewish militias...
  
  , as governor of Jerusalem until they overthrew him 617. The Byzantines reconquered Palestine in 628.
• Megas - possibly under his rule, the Arabs conquered Palestine from the Byzantines, 636, and allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem.
• Misa
  Misa
  Misa is a Japanese feminine given name or a Spanish surname. It may refer to:-People:* Two Japanese actresses**Misa Uehara in The Hidden Fortress and Storm Over the Pacific**Misa Uehara -Fictional characters:...
  
  
• Nehemiah
  Nehemiah
  Nehemiah ]]," Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work rebuilding Jerusalem and purifying the Jewish community. He was the son of Hachaliah, Nehemiah ]]," Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is the...
  
  
• Abdimi – beginning c. 767…
• Anan ben David
  Anan ben David
  Anan Ben David is widely considered to be a major founder of the Karaite movement of Judaism. His followers were called Ananites and, like modern Karaites, do not believe the Rabbinic Jewish oral law to be divinely inspired...
  
  , the founder of the Karaite movement within Judaism, emigrated from Babylonia and settled in Jerusalem where he, and his descendants styled themselves “Patriarchs” of Israel, effectively making Jerusalem, the renewed seat of Jewish leadership. They were in constant conflict with the rabbis in Tiberias who had always sought to undermine Karaite authority. But Karaite authority in Palestine continued to hold out, possibly for another 5 generations. The Karaite Synagogue in Jerusalem which was built by Anan, legend says, is still in existence. In 800, Anan was succeeded by his son
• Saul
  Saul
  -People:Saul is a given/first name in English, the Anglicized form of the Hebrew name Shaul from the Hebrew Bible:* Saul , including people with this given namein the Bible:* Saul , a king of Edom...
  
   while Pinhas and Chatzuv ruled in Tiberias
• Josiah
  Josiah
  Josiah or Yoshiyahu or Joshua was a king of Judah who instituted major reforms. Josiah is credited by most historians with having established or compiled important Jewish scriptures during the Deuteronomic reform that occurred during his rule.Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight, after...
  
   son of Saul.
• Moses
  Moses
  Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
  
   son of Josiah?, possibly during his reign, Yehudah ben Alan became the rabbinical authority in Tiberias
• Meir
  Meir
  Meir is a Jewish given name and surname.Meir can also refer to:In places:* Meir Park, Tel Aviv, a public park* Meir, Egypt* Meir, Staffordshire, England* Meire Grove, Minnesota, USAPeople:...
  
   son of Moses?, possibly at the end of his reign, Musa
  Muša
  Mūša is a river in Northern Lithuania and Southern Latvia , having its confluence with river Nemunėlis , in Latvia, near city Bauska. Mūša is a tributary of the river Lielupė. Mūša is 164 kilometres long....
  
   became the rabbinical authority in Tiberias
• Zemah 884-915 son of Meir?, he and Karaite rule were finally overthrown by the rabbis of Tiberias under

Palestinian Gaonate

Palestinian Gaonate

The Palestinian Gaonate was the chief talmudical academy and central legalistic body of the Jewish community in Palestine during the middle of the ninth century till its demise during the 11th-century. During its existence, it competed with the...

 c. 750 — 1071

For around 200 years, from about 550 CE (the traditional date given for the codification of the Talmud

Talmud

The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....

) until about 750 CE, little is known of Jewish life in Palestine. The following list of Palestinian geonim, starting with Aaron ben Meïr

Aaron ben Meïr

Aaron ben Meïr was a Jewish rabbi, and a Nasi of the Palestinian Gaonate in the first half of the tenth century. His name was brought to light by several fragments discovered in various genizoth Aaron ben Meïr was a Jewish rabbi, and a Nasi (head of the Sanhedrin) of the Palestinian Gaonate in the...

 - gaon during the first half of the tenth century, appears in Encyclopedia Judaica:

• Aaron ben Meïr
  Aaron ben Meïr
  Aaron ben Meïr was a Jewish rabbi, and a Nasi of the Palestinian Gaonate in the first half of the tenth century. His name was brought to light by several fragments discovered in various genizoth Aaron ben Meïr was a Jewish rabbi, and a Nasi (head of the Sanhedrin) of the Palestinian Gaonate in the...
  
   c. 915 CE
• Yitzhak ben Aharon, son of Aaron
• ? Ben Meir, brother of Aharon
• Avraham ben Aharon, son of Aharon
• Aharon ben Avraham, son of Avraham
• Yosef ben Ezron
• ? 958-988 ruled for 30 years during which time, the Fatimids of Egypt conquered Palestine 969, and established their own empire
• Shmuel ben Yosef 988-? son of Yosef ben Ezron
• Yosi ben Shmuel his son
• Shemaiah ben Yosi his son
• Josiah ben Aharon 1015-1020 son of Aharon ben Avraham?, ruled from Ramle
• Shlomo ben Yosef 1020-1025 son of Yosef ben Ezron
• Shlomo ben Yehudah 1025-1051 (b. Morocco) son-in-law of Shlomo ben Yosef, was briefly exiled to Ramle by an alliance of the Karaites and his political enemies
• Daniel ben Azariah
  Daniel ben Azariah
  Daniel ben Azariah was the gaon of the Land of Israel from 1051 till 1062. Descended from a Babylonian exilarch family, he was a scion of the House of David and was elected to head the Palestinian Academy in Jerusalem...
  
   1051-1062 (b. Babylonia) member of the ruling family of Babylonian Exilarchs, usurped the geonate in Jerusalem, styled himself Nasi and Gaon

Geonim in exile

• Elijah ben Solomon ha-Cohen 1062-1083 son of Shlomo ben Yosef. The occupation of Jerusalem by the Seljuks in 1071 completely destroyed the city's Jewish community. Therefore, Eliahu moved the academy to Tyre, which was subject to Fatimid rule and Shlomo Hanasi was appointed to take over leadership in Jerusalem, although he and the remaining assembly continued to be under the authority of Eliahu and his son and successor
• Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen
  Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen
  Abiathar ben Elijah ha-Cohen , was the last Palestinian Gaon. He succeeded his father Rabbi Elijah to the gaonate in 1083. He was deposed for a period following a violent quarrel with the Egyptian exilarch David ben Daniel who aspired to dominate Palestinian Jewry. After having fled to Syria in...
  
   1083-1109. His other son Shlomo
  Shlomo
  Shlomo, meaning God's peace, is a common Hebrew male given name.It also means Hello in syriacThe following individuals are often referred to only by the name Shlomo:* Solomon* Shlomo...
  
  , who served as Av Bet Din under Abiathar, fled in 1093 to Hadrak (near Damascus) because of the decrees of David ben Daniel, head of Egyptian Jewry and son of Daniel ben Azariah, who wished to exert his authority over all Fatimid lands. In Hadrak, Shlomo organized a second Eretz Israel Academy. Abiathar headed the Tyre academy until the conquest of the city by the crusaders. Afterward he moved to Tripoli where he died before 1130. After Solomon’s reign in Hadrak, his position was given to his son
• Maẓli'aḥ, who went to Egypt in 1127 where he received the title of gaon. After his death in 1138, his position was apparently given to
• Moshe Halevy ben Netanel; however, it is possible that
• Shmuel ben Hananiah, who met Judah Halevi (1142) when he traveled from Egypt to Ereẓ Israel, was given the position. During his reign, a certain Petrus Judeaus swore allegiance to Crusader King Baldwin III in Jerusalem 1156.After Moshe Halevy, his son
• Netanel was gaon (1160–70). Meanwhile, the Hadrak Academy moved to Damascus and still existed during the 12th century when Benjamin of Tudela reported that it was subject to the rule of the Babylonian gaonate in Baghdad. The names of two geonim who were descendants of the Abiathar family, Avraham ben Matzhir and his son Ezra ben Avraham 1164?-?, are known. The latter was ordained by Shmuel ben Ali of Baghdad. After the death of Netanel, his brother
• Sar Shalom was appointed gaon at Fostat. Sar Shalom, who was perhaps of Palestinian geonic descent, sometimes called himself rosh yeshivat Ereẓ ha-Ẓevi, as if his activities were a continuation of the academies of Ereẓ Israel not only in Damascus but also in Fostat. In his time, at the end of the reign of Ezra ben Avraham in Damascus or shortly afterward the continuity of the geonim of Ereẓ Israel in Damascus was broken. It is possible that Ezra was followed by Zadok
  Zadok
  Zadok was a high priest of the Israelites in Jerusalem after it was conquered by David.Zadok may also refer to:*Rabbi Zadok, tanna of the 1st-century CE*Zadok the Priest, an 18th-century coronation anthem by Handel...
  
   (c. 1170s) , who was dismissed from his position. Later, with the death of Sar Shalom, the gaonate in Egypt, as well, ceased to exist.

The Chief Rabbinate subordinate to the Nagid of Egypt

Since that time, the Nagid, a title going back to the 11th century, now ruled all Jewry in Egypt, and by extension, Palestine as well.

• Maimonides
  Maimonides
  Moses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...
  
   1171-1204 - who came from Spain via Morocco and Israel, succeeded as Nagid in Egypt. During his reign, there were repeated attempts to revive the Jewish community in Jerusalem. Two of the most prominent rabbis there during this time were Hananiah ben Yehudah, and Yehiel ben Yitzhak who inquired of Maimonides how to dispose of a certain amount of money. In 1187, Saladin conquered Palestine from the Crusaders resulting in increased tension and violence between Christians and Muslims in Israel. Soon after Saladin's conquest, Jews were invited to return to Jerusalem and it was decided by the rabbis in Egypt that a "vice-Nagid" would be appointed to oversee internal Palestinian affairs. The first two who held this title was Hillel ben Moshe and Ovadiah ben Ulah.
• Avraham ben Moshe 1204-1237 under whose rule, Jerusalem, by treaty, passed to the Christians under Frederick II 1228.
• David ben Avraham – 1237-1300 under his rule, Jerusalem passed briefly under the Muslims, but then passed under Christian rule 1243, invaded by the Khwarizian Turks 1244, and tenuously held by the Mameluke Egyptians 1250. Yehiel ben Yoseph, who came from Paris in 1257, led the Jews in Palestine from his Midrash haGadol d'Parisi in Acre during which time, the Mongol Hordes invaded Jerusalem 1260. He was succeeded by Moshe ben Nahman (b. Spain) who revived Jerusalem 1267 and built a synagogue which became known as the Ramban Synagogue
  Ramban Synagogue
  The Ramban Synagogue , is the oldest active synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was founded by Nahmanides in 1267. Today it is located at the corner of Ha-Yehudim Street and the square in the Jewish Quarter.-Features:The foundation of the building comprises vaults resting on Romanesque and...
  
  , where the chief rabbinate would preside until the 16th century. In 1270, he was succeeded by Solomon Petit
  Solomon Petit
  Solomon Petit was a 13th-century French Tosafist who settled in Acre, Palestine, where he gathered a following of mystics and instigated a new campaign against the philosophical writings of Maimonidies. When the Exilarch of Damascus, Yishai ben Chezkiah, learned of the renewed anti-Mainmonist...
  
   who came from France. In 1291, the Mameluke Egyptians brought Palestine under their full control and David ben Avraham's son:
• Avraham ben David co-ruled with his father in Egypt from 1291 until 1300 after which, he co-ruled with his son
• Moshe ben Avraham until 1305, and then, by his other son
• Yehoshua
  Yehoshua
  Yehoshua may refer to:* Yehoshua, the Hebrew of Joshua and Jesus* Book of Joshua , a book of the Bible* Yehoshua , a rare Hebrew surname* Joshua , a rare Hebrew given name...
  
   until his death in 1313, after which, Yehoshua ruled alone. During this time, the noted geographer Ashturi Farhi came from France in c.1306 and went to Jerusalem where he studied with Baruch Ashkenazi who probably led the Jews of Palestine. If this assumption is true, then he was succeeded by Isaac Hatikvah (b. Spain). Yehoshua ruled until his death in 1355
• David ben Yehoshua 1355-1374, son of Yehoshua.
• Amram
  Amram
  In the Book of Exodus, Amram Arabic عمران Imran, is the father of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam and the husband of Jochebed.-In the Bible:In addition to being married to Jochebed, Amram is also described in the Bible as having been related to Jochebed prior to the marriage, although the exact...
  
   – 1374-1384 mentions in a letter c.1380 a certain rabbi Yoseph ben Eliezer Tov Elem who lived in Jerusalem.
• Shimon
  Shimon
  Shimon is the original Hebrew pronunciation of the names Simon and Simeon. Among individuals, Shimon can refer to:-Given names:* Shimon Peres, former Israeli Labor Party Prime Minister and current Kadima President of Israel...
  
   1384-1422
• Yosef ben Ovadiah – 1422-1430
• Abd al Latif – 1430-1442 during whose reign, Elijah of Ferrara was chief rabbi of Palestine c.1435.
• Yosef ben Khalifah 1442-1465, during whose reign, Abraham Halevy was chief rabbi of Palestine.
• Shlomo ben Yosef – 1465-1482 during whose reign, Shalom Ashkenazi was chief rabbi of Palestine.
• Natan Sholal – 1482-1504 during whose reign, Obadiah ben Abraham di Bertinoro was chief rabbi of Palestine. For a brief period, he was chief rabbi in Hebron and Isaac ibn Haim ruled in Jerusalem in his place until his return to Jerusalem. Beginning in the last years of Natan's reign, he co-ruled with his nephew
• Isaac Sholal 1502-1517 and at the same time, Jacob of Trijal succeeded as chief rabbi of Palestine. He was followed by Judah Albotini (b. Turkey) who ruled Palestine until the conquest by the Ottoman Turks 1516 when the office of Nagid of Egypt was abolished. Isaac, therefore, sought to make the Palestinian rabbinate independent of the Egyptian rabbinate. Shortly after the Ottoman conquest, he settled in Jerusalem and became successor to Albotini.

The Chief Rabbinate - The Sheikh al Yahud

• Levi ibn Habib (b. Spain) - ruled from Jerusalem but in 1538, Rabbi Jacob Berab
  Jacob Berab
  Jacob Berab, also spelled Yakov Berav or Bei Rav, was an influential rabbi and talmudist, born at Moqueda near Toledo, Castilian Spain, in 1474; died at Safed, Ottoman Palestine April 3, 1546.-Chosen rabbi at eighteen:Berab was a pupil of Isaac Aboab...
  
   who came from Spain via Egypt, sought to revive the Sanhedrin, in Safed, thus making that city, the competing capital of Israel. He was opposed and exiled by ibn Habib and the rabbis of Jerusalem but Safed remained the competing capital for a number of years thereafter. Berab was succeeded in Safed by Joseph Caro (b. Spain) who was ordained by him.
• David ibn Abi Zimra
  David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra
  Rabbi David ben Solomon ibn Zimra , also called Radbaz after the initials of his name, Rabbi David iBn Zimra, was an early Acharon of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries who was a leading posek, rosh yeshiva, chief rabbi, and author of more than 3,000 responsa as well as several scholarly...
  
   of the Egyptian rabbinate - ruled simultaneously in Jerusalem succeeding ibn Habib. In 1575, Moshe Trani (b. Greece) succeeded Caro in Safed.
• Moshe Galante I of Rome - ruled from Jerusalem
• Haim Vital - succeeded Trani in Safed but moved his rabbinate to Jerusalem which, once again, became the sole capital of Israel. In 1586, the Ramban Synagogue
  Ramban Synagogue
  The Ramban Synagogue , is the oldest active synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem. It was founded by Nahmanides in 1267. Today it is located at the corner of Ha-Yehudim Street and the square in the Jewish Quarter.-Features:The foundation of the building comprises vaults resting on Romanesque and...
  
   was confiscated by the Arabs and the ben Zakkai Synagogue was built in its stead.
• Bezalel Ashkenazi
  Bezalel Ashkenazi
  Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi was a rabbi and talmudist who lived in Ottoman Palestine during the 16th century. He is best known as the author of Shittah Mekubetzet, a commentary on the Talmud. He is very straightforward in his writings and occasionally offers textual amendments to the Talmud...
  
   - first chief rabbi to preside in the ben Zakkai Synagogue.
• Gedaliah Cordovero
• Isaac Gaon?
• Israel Benjamin
• Jacob Zemah (b. Portugal)
• Samuel Garmison
  Samuel Garmison
  Samuel Garmison was a Jewish scholar and rabbi who lived in the Land of Israel during the seventeenth century.He was a native of Salonica, and settled in Jerusalem, where he became rabbi...
  
   (b. Greece)

Rishon le-Zion 1665 — 1842

This list is taken from the Jewish Encyclopedia

Jewish Encyclopedia

The Jewish Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia originally published in New York between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. It contained over 15,000 articles in 12 volumes on the history and then-current state of Judaism and the Jews as of 1901...

:

• Moses Galante
  Moses Galante (the Younger)
  Moses ben Jonathan Galante , grandson of Moses Galante, was a 17th-century rabbi at Jerusalem. He served as the first Rishon Le'Zion and was called Magen with reference to the initials of his name...
  
  
• Moses ibn Habib
  Moses ibn Habib
  Moshe ibn Habib was the Rishon LeZion , Hakham Bashi and the head of a major yeshiva in Jerusalem.-Background and family:...
  
  
• Moses Hayun
• Avraham ben David Yitzchaki
• Benjamin Hacohen Ma'ali
• Eliezer ben Jacob Nachum
• Nissim Chaim Moses Mizrachi
• Isaac Rapaport
• Israel Jacob Algazi
• Raphael Samuel Meyuchas
  Meyuchas
  The Meyuchas are a Jerusalem Sephardi family that has produced notable rabbis and merchants for hundreds of years. They trace their ancestry to Spain before the Alhambra Decree....
  
  
• Chaim Raphael Abraham Ben Asher
• Yom Tov Algazi
• Moses Joseph Mordechai Meyuchas
  Meyuchas
  The Meyuchas are a Jerusalem Sephardi family that has produced notable rabbis and merchants for hundreds of years. They trace their ancestry to Spain before the Alhambra Decree....
  
  
• Jacob Moses Ayash al-Maghrebi
• Jacob Koral
• Raphael Joseph Hazan
• Yom Tov Danon
• Solomon Moses Suzin
• Jonah Moses Navon
• Judah Raphael Navon

Hacham Bashi 1842-1918

• Avraham Haim Gaggin (b. Turkey)
• Isaac Kovo
  Isaac Kovo
  Isaac ben Hezekiah Joseph Kovo was born in Salonica and later settled in Jerusalem, Palestine. In 1848 he succeeded Chaim Abraham Gagin as hacham bashi aged 78. Throughout his career he went on fundraising missions to Poland, London and Egypt. In 1854, while in Alexandria he died...
  
  
• Haim Abulafia
• Haim Hazzan (b. Turkey)
• Avraham Ashkenazi (b. Greece)
• Raphael Meir Panigel
  Raphael Meir Panigel
  Raphael Meir ben Judah Panigel was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Palestine.Panigel was born in Bulgaria, but his family emigated to the Land of Israel when he was a child. In 1828 and in 1863 he was an emissary on behalf of Jerusalem to the countries of North Africa, remaining there on...
  
   (b. Bulgaria)
• Jacob Saul Elyashar
  Jacob Saul Elyashar
  Jacob Saul Elyashar, , was a 19th-century Sephardi rabbi who became Chief Rabbi of Palestine in 1893.He was born in Safed to Eliezer Jeroham Elyashar. In 1853 he was appointed dayan in Jerusalem and became head of the beth din in 1869. In 1893 he became the Rishon LeZion or Sephardi chief rabbi of...
  
  
• Jacob Meir
  Jacob Meir
  Jacob Meir, , was the first Sephardic Chief Rabbi appointed under the British Mandate of Palestine. A talmudic scholar, fluent in Hebrew as well as five other languages, he enjoyed a reputation as one of Jerusalem's most respected rabbis....
  
  
• Elijah Moses Panigel
  Elijah Moses Panigel
  Elijah Moses Panigel was the sephardi chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, Palestine and Jerusalem.Orphaned in at a young age, Panigel was brought up by his uncle Raphael Meir Panigel, the rishon le-Zion...
  
  
• Nahman Batito
• Nissim Danon - In 1917, Palestine was conquered by the British. Danon was succeeded as chief rabbi after WWI by Haim Moshe Eliashar who assumed the title of Acting Chief Rabbi. They controlled religious affairs while:

The Va'Ad Le'Umi 1918-1948

The Va'Ad Le'Umi conjointly with the Jewish Agency, controlled civil affairs, as defined by a British Mandatory Ordinance. The office of chief rabbi continues to this day, but the following list only contains the elected chairmen of the Va'ad Le'umi.

• Yaacov Thon (b. Ukraine)
• David Yellin
• Pinhas Rutenberg
  Pinhas Rutenberg
  Pinhas Rutenberg was a prominent engineer and a businessman, a Russian socialist and a Zionist leader. He played an active role in two Russian revolutions, in 1905 and 1917. During World War I, he was among the founders of the Jewish Legion and of the American Jewish Congress...
  
   (b. Ukraine)
• Yitzhak Ben Zvi (b. Ukraine) - elected as chairman in the 1931 elections, held the office until independence in 1948. In 1939, Pinhas Rutenberg was, once again, appointed chairman of the Va'ad while Ben Zvi became President. He held that position until his death in 1942. In the 1944 elections, *David Remez
  David Remez
  David Remez was an Israeli politician, the country's first Minister of Transportation, and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.-Biography:...
  
   (b. Ukraine), was elected as chairman while ben Zvi assumed the title of President.

The Prime Minister 1948-

• David Ben Gurion (b. Poland)
• Moshe Sharett
  Moshe Sharett
  Moshe Sharett on 15 October 1894, died 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms.-Early life:...
  
   (b. Ukraine)
• David Ben Gurion
• Levi Eshkol
  Levi Eshkol
  ' served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.-Biography:...
  
   (b. Ukraine)
• Golda Meir
  Golda Meir
  Golda Meir ; May 3, 1898 – December 8, 1978) was a teacher, kibbutznik and politician who became the fourth Prime Minister of the State of Israel....
  
   who came from Ukraine via the United States
• Yitzhak Rabin
  Yitzhak Rabin
  ' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
  
  
• Menachem Begin
  Menachem Begin
  ' was a politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Before independence, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944,...
  
   (b. Belarus)
• Yitzhak Shamir
  Yitzhak Shamir
  ' is a former Israeli politician, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, in 1983–84 and 1986–92.-Biography:Icchak Jeziernicky was born in Ruzhany , Russian Empire . He studied at a Hebrew High School in Białystok, Poland. As a youth he joined Betar, the Revisionist Zionist youth movement...
  
   (b. Poland)
• Shimon Peres
  Shimon Peres
  GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...
  
   (b. Poland)
• Yitzhak Shamir
  Yitzhak Shamir
  ' is a former Israeli politician, the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, in 1983–84 and 1986–92.-Biography:Icchak Jeziernicky was born in Ruzhany , Russian Empire . He studied at a Hebrew High School in Białystok, Poland. As a youth he joined Betar, the Revisionist Zionist youth movement...
  
  
• Yitzhak Rabin
  Yitzhak Rabin
  ' was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
  
  
• Shimon Peres
  Shimon Peres
  GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...
  
  
• Benjamin Netanyahu
  Benjamin Netanyahu
  Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...
  
  
• Ehud Barak
  Ehud Barak
  Ehud Barak is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 until 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011 and holds the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Binyamin Netanyahu's government....
  
  
• Ariel Sharon
  Ariel Sharon
  Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....
  
  
• Ehud Olmert
  Ehud Olmert
  Ehud Olmert is an Israeli politician and lawyer. He served as Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009, as a Cabinet Minister from 1988 to 1992 and from 2003 to 2006, and as Mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003....
  
  
• Benjamin Netanyahu
  Benjamin Netanyahu
  Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is the current Prime Minister of Israel. He serves also as the Chairman of the Likud Party, as a Knesset member, as the Health Minister of Israel, as the Pensioner Affairs Minister of Israel and as the Economic Strategy Minister of Israel.Netanyahu is the first and, to...
  
  (present)