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Head of state or government
|
Title |
Country |
In office from |
In office until |
Born in |
Jewish ancestry
|
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Samuel ibn Nagrella
|
Grand Vizier and Nagid
|
Taifa of Granada, Al-Andalus
|
1027
|
1055
|
Cordoba, Al-Andalus
|
Sephardic Jewish[1][2][3][4] |
|
Yosef ibn Nagrella
|
Grand Vizier and Nagid
|
Taifa of Granada, Al-Andalus
|
1055
|
30 December 1066
|
Granada, Al-Andalus
|
Sephardic Jewish[5][6][7][8] |
|
Joseph Nasi
|
Duke of Naxos
|
Duchy of the Archipelago
|
1566
|
1579
|
Kingdom of Portugal
|
Portuguese Jewish[9][10][11] |
|
Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva
|
Governor of the New Kingdom of León
|
New Kingdom of León
|
1580
|
1588
|
Mogadouro, Kingdom of Portugal
|
Portuguese Jewish[12][13][14] |
|
Gabriel Milan
|
Governor of The Danish West Indies
|
The Danish West Indies
|
7 May 1684
|
5 July 1686
|
Glückstadt, Germany
|
Sephardic Jewish[15][16] |
|
Juan Lindo
|
President of El Salvador
|
El Salvador
|
7 January 1841
|
1 February 1842
|
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
|
Sephardic Jewish[17][18][19][20] |
President of Honduras
|
Honduras
|
2 February 1847
|
1 February 1852
|
|
Benjamin Disraeli
|
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom
|
27 February 1868
|
1 December 1868
|
Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
|
British Jewish, Italian Jewish[21][22][23][24] |
20 February 1874
|
21 April 1880
|
|
Julius Vogel
|
Premier of New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
8 April 1873
|
6 July 1875
|
London, United Kingdom
|
English Jewish[25][26][27][28] |
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 Jewish[29][30][31] |
|
Matthew Nathan
|
Governor of the Gold Coast
|
Gold Coast
|
17 December 1900
|
9 February 1904
|
London, United Kingdom
|
English Jewish[32][33][34] |
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 Jewish[35][36][37] |
|
Luigi Luzzatti
|
Prime Minister of Italy
|
Italy
|
31 March 1910
|
30 March 1911
|
Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia
|
Italian Jewish[38][39][40] |
|
Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal
|
President of the Dominican Republic
|
Dominican Republic
|
31 July 1916
|
29 November 1916
|
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|
Dutch Jewish, Sephardic Jewish[41][42][43][44] |
|
Yakov Sverdlov
|
Chairman of All-Russian Central Executive Committee
|
Soviet Russia
|
21 November 1917
|
16 March 1919
|
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
|
Russian Jewish[45][46][47][48] |
|
Abraham Schrameck
|
Governor-general of French Madagascar
|
French Madagascar
|
1 August 1918
|
12 July 1919
|
Saint-Étienne, France
|
French Jewish[49][50] |
|
Kurt Eisner
|
Minister President of the People’s State of Bavaria
|
Bavaria
|
8 November 1918
|
21 February 1919
|
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
|
German Jewish[51][52][53] |
|
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
|
High Commissioner for Palestine
|
Mandatory Palestine
|
1 July 1920
|
30 June 1925
|
Liverpool, England
|
British Jewish[54][55][56] |
|
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
|
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
|
British India
|
2 April 1921
|
3 April 1926
|
London, England
|
British Jewish[57][58][59] |
|
Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics
|
Prime Minister of Latvia
|
Latvia
|
19 June 1921
|
26 January 1923
|
Durbe, Latvia
|
Latvian Jewish[60][61][62] |
28 June 1923
|
26 January 1924
|
|
Sir Isaac Isaacs
|
Governor-General of Australia
|
Australia
|
21 January 1931
|
23 January 1936
|
Melbourne, Australia
|
Polish Jewish[63][62][64][65] |
|
Léon Blum
|
Prime Minister of France
|
France
|
4 June 1936
|
22 June 1937
|
Paris, France
|
French Jewish, Alsatian Jewish[66][67] |
13 March 1938
|
10 April 1938
|
16 December 1946
|
22 January 1947
|
|
Léon Geismar
|
Acting governor-general of French West Africa
|
French West Africa
|
14 July 1938
|
28 October 1938
|
Dambach-la-Ville, Alsace-Lorraine
|
Alsatian Jewish[68] |
|
David Ben-Gurion |
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
17 May 1948
|
26 January 1954
|
Płońsk, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Polish Jewish[69][70][71] |
3 November 1955
|
26 June 1963
|
|
Chaim Weizmann
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
17 February 1949
|
9 November 1952
|
Motal, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[72][73][74] |
|
Andrew Cohen
|
Governor of Uganda
|
Uganda Protectorate
|
January 1952
|
1957
|
Berkhamsted, United Kingdom
|
British Jewish[75] |
|
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
16 December 1952
|
23 April 1963
|
Poltava, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[76][77][78][79] |
|
René Mayer
|
Prime Minister of France
|
France
|
8 January 1953
|
28 June 1953
|
Paris, France
|
French Jewish[80][81] |
|
Moshe Sharett
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
26 January 1954
|
3 November 1955
|
Kherson, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[82][83][84][85][86] |
|
Pierre Mendès France
|
Prime Minister of France
|
France
|
18 June 1954
|
23 February 1955
|
Paris, France
|
French Jewish, Portuguese Jewish[87][88][89] |
|
David Marshall
|
Chief Minister of Singapore
|
Singapore
|
6 April 1955
|
7 June 1956
|
Singapore, Straits Settlements
|
Baghdadi Jewish[90][91] |
|
Ernő Gerő
|
General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People’s Party
|
Hungary
|
18 July 1956
|
25 October 1956
|
Terbegec, Austria-Hungary
|
Hungarian Jewish[92] |
|
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 Jewish[93][94][95] |
|
Zalman Shazar
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
21 May 1963
|
24 May 1973
|
Mir, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[96][97][98] |
|
Levi Eshkol |
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
26 June 1963
|
26 February 1969
|
Orativ, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[99][100][101][102] |
|
Joshua Hassan
|
Chief Minister of Gibraltar
|
Gibraltar
|
11 August 1964
|
6 August 1969
|
Gibraltar
|
Gibraltarian Jewish, Sephardic Jewish[103][104][105] |
25 June 1972
|
8 December 1987
|
|
Max Delvalle
|
President of Panama
|
Panama
|
April 8, 1967
|
April 15, 1967
|
Panama City, Panama
|
Panamanian Jewish,Portuguese Jewish[106][107] |
|
Yigal Allon
|
Acting Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
26 February 1969
|
17 March 1969
|
Kfar Tavor, Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
|
Israeli Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[108][109][110] |
|
Golda Meir
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
17 March 1969
|
3 June 1974
|
Kyiv, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[111][112] |
|
Bruno Kreisky
|
Chancellor of Austria
|
Austria
|
21 April 1970
|
24 May 1983
|
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
|
Austrian Jewish[113][114][115][116] |
|
Ephraim Katzir
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
24 May 1973
|
24 May 1978
|
Kyiv, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[117][118][119] |
|
Yitzhak Rabin
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
3 June 1974
|
20 June 1977
|
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[120][121] |
13 July 1992
|
4 November 1995
|
|
Menachem Begin
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
20 June 1977
|
10 October 1983
|
Brest, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[122][123][124][125] |
|
Sir Zelman Cowen
|
Governor-General of Australia
|
Australia
|
8 December 1977
|
29 July 1982
|
Melbourne, Australia
|
Australian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[126][127][128][129] |
|
Yitzhak Navon
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
24 May 1978
|
5 May 1983
|
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
|
Israeli Jewish, Turkish Jewish, Moroccan Jewish[130][131][132][133] |
|
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 Jewish[134][135] |
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
|
Israeli Jewish, Irish Jewish[136][137] |
|
Yitzhak Shamir
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
10 October 1983
|
13 September 1984
|
Ruzhinoy, Russian Empire
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[138][139][140][141] |
20 October 1986
|
13 July 1992
|
|
Shimon Peres |
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
13 September 1984
|
20 October 1986
|
Wiszniew, Poland
|
Israeli Jewish, Polish Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[142][143][144][145] |
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
|
Panamanian Jewish, Portuguese Jewish[146] |
|
Henny Eman
|
Prime Minister of Aruba
|
Aruba
|
1 January 1986
|
9 February 1989
|
Aruba
|
Aruban Jewish[147][148] |
29 July 1994
|
30 October 2001
|
|
Ruth Dreifuss
|
Member of Swiss Federal Council
|
Switzerland
|
10 March 1993
|
31 December 2002
|
St. Gallen, Switzerland
|
Swiss Jewish[149][150][151] |
President of Switzerland
|
1 January 1999
|
31 December 1999
|
|
Ezer Weizman
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
13 May 1993
|
13 July 2000
|
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[72][73][74] |
|
Efraín Goldenberg
|
Prime Minister of Peru
|
Peru
|
17 February 1994
|
28 July 1995
|
Lima, Peru
|
Peruvian Jewish, Romanian Jewish[152][153] |
|
Benjamin Netanyahu
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
18 June 1996
|
6 July 1999
|
Tel Aviv, Israel
|
Israeli Jewish, Polish Jewish[154][155] |
31 March 2009
|
13 June 2021
|
29 December 2022
|
Incumbent
|
|
Janet Jagan
|
Prime Minister of Guyana
|
Guyana
|
17 March 1997
|
19 December 1997
|
Chicago, Illinois, United States
|
Guyanese Jewish, American Jewish[156][157][158] |
President of Guyana
|
19 December 1997
|
11 August 1999
|
|
Ehud Barak |
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
6 July 1999
|
7 March 2001
|
Mishmar HaSharon, Mandatory Palestine
|
Israeli Jewish, Lithuanian Jewish[159][160] |
|
Moshe Katsav
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
1 August 2000
|
1 July 2007
|
Yazd, Iran
|
Israeli Jewish, Persian Jewish[161][162] |
|
Ariel Sharon |
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
7 March 2001
|
14 April 2006
|
Kfar Malal, Mandatory Palestine
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Belarusian Jewish[163][164][165] |
|
Ricardo Maduro
|
President of Honduras
|
Honduras
|
27 January 2002
|
27 January 2006
|
Panama
|
Honduran Jewish, Portuguese Jewish[166][167][168][169][170] |
|
Zurab Zhvania
|
Prime Minister of Georgia
|
Georgia
|
17 February 2004
|
3 February 2005
|
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
|
Armenian Jewish[171][172][62] |
|
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
|
Prime Minister of Peru
|
Peru
|
16 August 2005
|
27 July 2006
|
Lima, Peru
|
German Jewish, Peruvian Jewish[173][172][62] |
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
|
Israeli Jewish, Russian Jewish, Ukrainian Jewish[174] |
|
Yehude Simon
|
Prime Minister of Peru
|
Peru
|
14 October 2008
|
11 July 2009
|
Lima, Peru
|
Peruvian Jewish[60][172][62] |
|
John Key
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand
|
New Zealand
|
19 November 2008
|
12 December 2016
|
Auckland, New Zealand
|
Austrian Jewish[60][172][62][175] |
|
Jan Fischer
|
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
|
Czech Republic
|
8 May 2009
|
13 July 2010
|
Prague, Czechoslovakia
|
Czech Jewish[176][177][178] |
|
Mike Eman
|
Prime Minister of Aruba
|
Aruba
|
30 October 2009
|
17 November 2017
|
Oranjestad, Aruba
|
Aruban Jewish[179][180] |
|
Reuven Rivlin
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
24 July 2014
|
7 July 2021
|
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
|
Israeli Jewish, Austrian Jewish[181] |
|
Volodymyr Groysman
|
Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine
|
Ukraine
|
25 July 2014
|
31 July 2014
|
Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
|
Ukrainian Jewish[182][183][184] |
Prime Minister of Ukraine
|
14 April 2016
|
29 August 2019
|
|
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
|
President of Ukraine
|
Ukraine
|
20 May 2019
|
Incumbent
|
Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
|
Ukrainian Jewish[182][185][186] |
|
Egils Levits
|
President of Latvia
|
Latvia
|
8 July 2019
|
Incumbent
|
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
|
Latvian Jewish[187][188][189][190] |
|
Sophie Wilmès
|
Prime Minister of Belgium
|
Belgium
|
27 October 2019
|
1 October 2020
|
Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
|
Belgian Jewish[191][192][193][194][195] |
|
Naftali Bennett
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
13 June 2021
|
30 June 2022
|
Haifa, Israel
|
Israeli Jewish, American Jewish[196][197] |
|
Isaac Herzog
|
President of Israel
|
Israel
|
7 July 2021
|
Incumbent
|
Tel Aviv, Israel
|
Israeli Jewish, Irish Jewish[136][137] |
|
Élisabeth Borne
|
Prime Minister of France
|
France
|
16 May 2022
|
Incumbent
|
Paris, France
|
French Jewish, Belgian Jewish, Polish Jewish[198][199][200][201][202] |
|
Yair Lapid
|
Prime Minister of Israel
|
Israel
|
1 July 2022
|
22 December 2022
|
Tel Aviv, Israel
|
Israeli Jewish, Hungarian Jewish[203][204] |
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