Meir Dizengoff

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Meir Dizengoff was a Zionist leader and the first mayor of Tel Aviv, instrumental in the city's early development and cultural institutions.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist leader
human
mayor
birthDate 1861-02-25
burialPlace Trumpeldor Cemetery
citizenship Mandatory Palestine
Ottoman Empire
countryOfResidence Mandatory Palestine
Ottoman Palestine
deathDate 1936-09-23
era early 20th century
late 19th century
ethnicGroup Jewish people
familyName Dizengoff
founded Tel Aviv Museum of Art
gender male
givenName Meir
hasRole city builder
community leader
honouredIn Dizengoff Prize
Dizengoff Street
knownFor encouraging arts and culture in Tel Aviv
shaping Tel Aviv’s municipal institutions
languageSpoken Hebrew
Russian
Yiddish
movement Zionism
name Meir Dizengoff
notableFor being the first mayor of Tel Aviv
leadership in the early development of Tel Aviv
supporting cultural institutions in Tel Aviv
participatedIn establishment of the city of Tel Aviv
placeOfBirth Akkerman NERFINISHED
Bessarabia Governorate
Russian Empire
placeOfDeath Mandatory Palestine
Tel Aviv
politicalActivity promotion of Jewish urban settlement in Palestine
positionHeld Mayor of Tel Aviv
religion Judaism
residence Tel Aviv
spouse Zina Dizengoff
workLocation Tel Aviv

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