Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi was an Israeli historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second President of the State of Israel, serving from 1952 until his death in 1963.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Israeli politician
President of Israel
Zionist leader
historian
human
birthDate 1884-11-24
birthPlace Poltava
Russian Empire
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot
Jerusalem
coFounded Ahdut HaAvoda
Hashomer
countryOfCitizenship Israel
Ottoman Empire
deathDate 1963-04-23
deathPlace Israel
Jerusalem
educatedAt Istanbul University
law faculty of Istanbul University
ethnicGroup Jewish people
familyName Ben-Zvi
fieldOfWork history of Jewish communities in the Middle East
history of the Land of Israel
founded Yad Ben-Zvi Institute
givenName Yitzhak
headed Yad Ben-Zvi Institute
immigratedTo Ottoman Palestine
memberOfPoliticalParty Labor Zionism
Mapai
movement Labor Zionism
Zionism
name Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
notableWork research on Jewish communities in the East
occupation author
historian
politician
office President of Israel
orderInOffice 2
positionHeld President of Israel
precededBy Chaim Weizmann
religion Judaism
residence Jerusalem
servedAs member of the Assembly of Representatives of the Yishuv
member of the First Knesset
member of the Jerusalem City Council
member of the Second Knesset
spouse Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi
succeededBy Zalman Shazar
termEnd 1963-04-23
termStart 1952-12-16
yearOfImmigration 1907

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Mapai foundedBy Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Moetzet HaAm member Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi name Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Poale Zion notableMember Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
President of Israel officeHoldersInclude Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

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