State of Israel Chief Rabbinate of Israel

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rabbi david lau, b. 1966, elected in 2013 ashkenazi chief rabbi



yitzhak halevi herzog (1949–1959)
isser yehuda unterman (1964–1973)
shlomo goren (1973–1983)
avraham shapira (1983–1993)
yisrael meir lau (1993–2003)
yona metzger (2003–2013)
david lau (2013–present)

sephardi

rabbi yitzhak yosef, b. 1952, elected in 2013 sephardi chief rabbi



benzion uziel (1948–1954)
yitzhak nissim (1955–1973)
ovadia yosef (1973–1983)
mordechai eliyahu (1983–1993)
eliyahu bakshi-doron (1993–2003)
shlomo amar (2003–2013)
yitzhak yosef (2013–present)






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