Tuesday’s general election has given Benjamin Netanyahu the distinction of becoming Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Netanyahu is Israel’s ninth prime minister and leader of the Likud party. He is now set to serve his fifth term. He is the only prime minister in Israel's history to be elected four times in a row. He has served the last 10 consecutive years, and previously served three years in the 1990s. This surpasses the previous record of Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion.
Netanyahu has presided over a decade of economic growth, thawing relations with Arab countries and extraordinary violence with bordering nations and Iran-backed terrorists. He has formed strong international relationships, including with U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
His strongest competitor in Tuesday’s election was 59-year-old retired Gen. Benny Gantz, formerly the country’s highest-ranking military officer. Gantz co-leads the Blue and White party, so named to match the colors of the Israeli flag. The party was established in 2018 specifically to run against Netanyahu.
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