Prime Minister of Israel Basic Laws of Israel explicitly vest executive power in the government, of which the Prime Minister is the leader. The office of Prime Minister came into existence on 14 May 1948, the date of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, when the provisional government was created. David Ben-Gurion, leader of Mapai and head of the Jewish Agency became Israel's first Prime Minister. The position became permanent on 8 March 1949, when the first government was formed. Ben-Gurion retained his role until late 1953, when he resigned in order to settle in the Kibbutz of Sde Boker.
First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister series was divided into segments titled as follows: First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1975. Bernard Ostry interviewed and former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in this series. Episodes featured this interview footage combined with historic photographs and other film footage of Pearson. This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 May to 19 August 1973. It was rebroadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. from