Biography:The first Israeli prime minister born in Israel after the establishment of the state, he has been elected Prime Minister four times and is the only Prime Minister in Israel's history to have been elected three times in a row.
1996-12-30 Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
1998-10-23 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
2009-04-12 President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian National Authority makes a courtesy phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, restarting the Palestinian-Israeli dialogue
2014-07-08 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu instructs his defence forces to "take their gloves off" against Hamas and to take any means necessary to "restore peace" to Israeli citizens
2015-10-21 German Chancellor Angela Merkel says German view of Holocaust will not change, after Benjamin Netanyahu says idea came from Mufti of Jerusalem
2018-02-13 Israeli Police report recommends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be prosecuted on bribery, fraud and breach-of-trust charges
2018-06-21 Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is charged with fraud
2018-12-02 Israeli police recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife be charged with fraud and bribery
2019-03-11 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.”
2019-05-29 Israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government
2019-06-16 Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admits to misuse of state funds in court
2019-09-18 Second Israel General Election in five months results in another deadlock between Benny Gantz's Blue and White Party and Likud Party under Benjamin Netanyahu
2020-01-28 US President Donald Trump releases his Middle East peace plan alongside Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House
2020-05-17 Israel swears in a new government led by both Benny Gantz, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 510 days
2021-06-13 Israel's Knesset votes in a new coalition government with Naftali Bennett as Prime Minister, ousting Benjamin Netanyahu after a record 12 years
David Ben-Gurion
Golda Meir
Menachem Begin
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Shamir