List of Jewish heads of state and government

This is a list of heads of state and government that are ethnically Jewish, and have at least a Jewish parent. The list includes the Presidents and Prime Ministers of Israel.

Heads of state and government
  Denotes incumbent head of state or government.
Head of State or Government TitleCountryIn Office fromIn Office untilBorn inJewish Origin
Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva Governor of the New Kingdom of León  Spanish Empire 1580 1588 Mogadouro, Kingdom of Portugal Jewish converso
Gabriel Milan Governor of The Danish West Indies  Denmark 7 May 1684 5 July 1686 Glückstadt, Germany Sepharadi
Juan Lindo President of Honduras  Honduras 2 February 1847 1 February 1852 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Spanish[1]
President of El Salvador  El Salvador 7 January 1841 1 February 1842
Benjamin Disraeli Prime Minister of the United Kingdom  United Kingdom 27 February 1868 1 December 1868 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Italian[2]
20 February 1874 21 April 1880
Julius Vogel Premier of New Zealand  New Zealand 8 April 1873 6 July 1875 London, United Kingdom English
15 February 1876 1 September 1876
Vaiben Louis Solomon Premier of South Australia  South Australia 1 December 1899 8 December 1899 Adelaide, South Australia Australian
Matthew Nathan Governor of the Gold Coast  Gold Coast 17 December 1900 9 February 1904 London, United Kingdom English
Governor of Hong Kong  Hong Kong 29 July 1904 29 July 1907
Governor of Natal Colony of Natal 2 September 1907 23 December 1909
Alessandro Fortis Prime Minister of Italy  Italy 28 March 1905 8 February 1906 Forlì, Papal States Italian[3]
Sidney Sonnino Prime Minister of Italy  Italy 8 February 1906 29 May 1906 Pisa, Grand Duchy of Tuscany Italian[3]
11 December 1909 31 March 1910
Luigi Luzzatti Prime Minister of Italy  Italy 31 March 1910 30 March 1911 Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Italian[3]
Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal President of the Dominican Republic  Dominican Republic 31 July 1916 29 November 1916 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Dutch[4]
Lev Kamenev Chairman of All-Russian Central Executive Committee  Soviet Russia 9 November 1917 21 November 1917 Moscow, Russian Empire Russian[5]
Yakov Sverdlov Chairman of All-Russian Central Executive Committee  Soviet Russia 21 November 1917 16 March 1919 Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire Russian
Kurt Eisner Minister President of the People's State of Bavaria  Bavaria 8 November 1918 21 February 1919 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia German Jew
Eugen Leviné Leader of the Bavarian Council Republic Bavarian Soviet Republic 12 April 1919 3 May 1919 St Petersburg, Russian Empire Ashkenazi
Béla Kun De facto leader
People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs		  Hungary 21 March 1919 1 August 1919 Lele, Austria-Hungary Hungarian
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel High Commissioner for Palestine  Mandatory Palestine 1 July 1920 30 June 1925 Liverpool, England British
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading Viceroy and Governor-General of India  British India 2 April 1921 3 April 1926 London, England British
Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics Prime Minister of Latvia  Latvia 19 June 1921 26 January 1923 Durbe, Latvia Latvian
28 June 1923 26 January 1924
Francis Bell Prime Minister of New Zealand  New Zealand 14 May 1925 30 May 1925 Nelson, New Zealand English
Sir Isaac Isaacs Governor-General of Australia  Australia 21 January 1931 23 January 1936 Melbourne, Australia Polish[6]
Léon Blum Prime Minister of France  France 16 December 1946 22 January 1947 Paris, France Alsacian
David Ben-Gurion
 Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 17 May 1948 26 January 1954 Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire Polish
3 November 1955 26 June 1963
Mátyás Rákosi General Secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party/Hungarian Working People's Party  Hungary 23 February 1945 18 July 1956 Ada, Austria-Hungary Hungarian[7]
Prime Minister of Hungary 14 August 1952 4 July 1953
Chaim Weizmann President of Israel  Israel 17 February 1949 9 November 1952 Motal, Russian Empire Russian-Belarussian
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi President of Israel  Israel 16 December 1952 23 April 1963 Poltava, Russian Empire Russian-Ukrainian
Andrew Cohen Governor of Uganda Uganda Protectorate January 1952 1957 Berkhamsted, United Kingdom British Jew
René Mayer Prime Minister of France  France 8 January 1953 28 June 1953 Paris, France French Jew[8]
Pierre Mendès France Prime Minister of France  France 18 June 1954 23 February 1955 Paris, France Portuguese[9]
Moshe Sharett Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 26 January 1954 3 November 1955 Kherson, Russian Empire Ukrainian
David Marshall Chief Minister of Singapore  Singapore 6 April 1955 7 June 1956 Singapore, Straits Settlements Sephardi, Baghdadi
Ernő Gerő General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party  Hungary 18 July 1956 25 October 1956 Terbegec, Austria-Hungary Hungarian
Roy Welensky Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 2 November 1956 31 December 1963 Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia Lithuanian Jew, Afrikaner
Michel Debré Prime Minister of France  France 8 January 1959 14 April 1962 Paris, France French Jew, French
Zalman Shazar President of Israel  Israel May 21, 1963 May 24, 1973 Mir, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire Polish-Belarussian
Levi Eshkol
 Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 26 June 1963 26 February 1969 Orativ, Russian Empire Ukrainian
Joshua Hassan Chief Minister of Gibraltar  Gibraltar 11 August 1964 6 August 1969 Gibraltar Gibraltarian Jews
25 June 1972 8 December 1987
Max Delvalle President of Panama  Panama April 8, 1967 April 15, 1967 Panama City, Panama Portuguese-Spanish[10]
Golda Meir Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 17 March 1969 3 June 1974 Kiev, Russian Empire Ukrainian
Bruno Kreisky Chancellor of Austria  Austria 21 April 1970 24 May 1983 Vienna, Austria-Hungary Austrian
Ephraim Katzir President of Israel  Israel 24 May 1973 24 May 1978 Kiev, Russian Empire Ukrainian
Yitzhak Rabin Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 3 June 1974 20 June 1977 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Ukrainian-Russian
13 July 1992 4 November 1995
Menachem Begin Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 20 June 1977 10 October 1983 Brest, Russian Empire Polish-Belarussian- Russian
Sir Zelman Cowen Governor-General of Australia  Australia 8 December 1977 29 July 1982 Melbourne, Australia Belarusian[11]
Yitzhak Navon President of Israel  Israel 24 May 1978 5 May 1983 Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine Turkish-Moroccan
Léon Kengo wa Dondo Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo  Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 November 1982 31 October 1986 Libenge, Belgian Congo Polish Jew, Tutsi
26 November 1988 4 May 1990
6 July 1994 2 April 1997
Chaim Herzog President of Israel  Israel 5 May 1983 13 May 1993 Belfast, Ireland Irish-Belarussian-Russian
Yitzhak Shamir Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 10 October 1983 13 September 1984 Ruzhinoy, Russian Empire Belarussian - Russian
20 October 1986 13 July 1992
Shimon Peres
 Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 13 September 1984 20 October 1986 Wiszniew, Poland Polish
22 November 1995 18 June 1996
President of Israel 15 July 2007 14 July 2014
Eric Arturo Delvalle President of Panama  Panama 28 September 1985 26 February 1988 Panama City, Panama Portuguese-Spanish
Henny Eman Prime Minister of Aruba  Aruba 1 January 1986 9 February 1989 Aruba Aruban
29 July 1994 30 October 2001
Petre Roman Prime Minister of Romania  Romania 26 December 1989 1 October 1991 Bucharest, Romania Transylvanian Hungarian-Jewish, Spanish
Ezer Weizman President of Israel  Israel 13 May 1993 13 July 2000 Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine Belarussian
Ruth Dreifuss Member of Swiss Federal Council   Switzerland 10 March 1993 31 December 2002 St. Gallen, Switzerland Swiss[12]
President of Switzerland 1 January 1999 31 December 1999
Efraín Goldenberg Prime Minister of Peru  Peru 17 February 1994 28 July 1995 Lima, Peru Romanian
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 18 June 1996 6 July 1999 Tel Aviv, Israel Polish-Belarussian-Lithuanian
31 March 2009 Incumbent
Janet Jagan Prime Minister of Guyana  Guyana 17 March 1997 19 December 1997 Chicago, United States American[13]
President of Guyana 19 December 1997 11 August 1999
Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko Prime Minister of Russia  Russia 24 April 1998 23 August 1998 Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR Russian
Yevgeny Primakov Prime Minister of Russia  Russia 11 September 1998 12 May 1999 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Russian
Ehud Barak
 Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 6 July 1999 7 March 2001 Mishmar HaSharon, Mandatory Palestine Lithuanian
Moshe Katsav President of Israel  Israel 1 August 2000 1 July 2007 Yazd, Iran Iranian
Ariel Sharon
 Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 7 March 2001 14 April 2006 Kfar Malal, Mandatory Palestine Belarussian- Russian
Ricardo Maduro President of Honduras  Honduras 27 January 2002 27 January 2006 Panama Portuguese Jewish, Honduran
Zurab Zhvania Prime Minister of Georgia  Georgia 17 February 2004 3 February 2005 Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union Georgian, Armenian Jew
Mikhail Fradkov Prime Minister of Russia  Russia 5 March 2004 14 September 2007 Samara, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Russian[14]
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Prime Minister of Peru  Peru 16 August 2005 27 July 2006 Lima, Peru German Jew, Peruvian
President of Peru 28 July 2016 23 March 2018
Ehud Olmert Prime Minister of Israel  Israel 14 April 2006 31 March 2009 Binyamina, Mandatory Palestine Russian
Yehude Simon Prime Minister of Peru  Peru 14 octobre 2008 11 July 2009 Lima, Peru Peruvian Jew
John Key Prime Minister of New Zealand  New Zealand 19 November 2008 12 December 2016 Auckland, New Zealand Austrian
Jan Fischer Prime Minister of the Czech Republic  Czech Republic 8 May 2009 13 July 2010 Prague, Czechoslovakia Czech
Mike Eman Prime Minister of Aruba  Aruba 30 October 2009 17 November 2017 Oranjestad, Aruba Aruban
Salomón Lerner Ghitis Prime Minister of Peru  Peru 28 July 2011 10 December 2011 Lima, Peru Peruvian[15]
Reuven Rivlin President of Israel  Israel 24 July 2014 Incumbent Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine Austrian-Ukrainian-Russian
Volodymyr Groysman Prime Minister of Ukraine  Ukraine 14 April 2016 29 August 2019 Vinnytsia, Soviet Union Ukrainian[16]
Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine  Ukraine 20 May 2019 Incumbent Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian[16]

Laurentino Cortizo

 President of Panama  Panama 1 July 2019 Incumbent Panama City, Panama Greek-Jewish[17]
Egils Levits President of Latvia  Latvia 8 July 2019 Incumbent Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union Latvian, Jewish Latvians [18]
Sophie Wilmès Prime Minister of Belgium  Belgium 27 October 2019 1 October 2020 Ixelles, Brussels Belgian[19]
Mikhail Mishustin Prime Minister of Russia  Russia 16 January 2020 Incumbent Lobnya, Russia Russian[20]
Dominic Raab Deputised First Secretary of State (informally Acting Prime Minister)  United Kingdom April 6, 2020 April 27, 2020 Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Czech-British[21]

See also

References
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