David Ben-Gurion

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David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder and first Prime Minister of Israel, leading the country’s establishment and early development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prime Minister
Zionist leader
human
politician
birthDate 1886-10-16
birthName David Grün
birthPlace Congress Poland
Płońsk
Russian Empire
burialPlace Midreshet Ben-Gurion
Negev desert
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship Israel
Mandatory Palestine
Ottoman Empire
deathDate 1973-12-01
deathPlace Ramat Gan
Tel HaShomer
education University of Istanbul
Warsaw University (attended, not completed)
ethnicGroup Jews
founderOf Israel Defense Forces
State of Israel
fullName David Ben-Gurion
headOfGovernmentOf Israel
honorificName "Father of the Nation" of Israel
ideology Zionism
socialism
languageSpoken English
Hebrew
Polish
Turkish
Yiddish
memberOf Mapai
Poale Zion
Rafi
World Zionist Organization
militaryRank head of the Haganah
movement Labor Zionism
namedAfter Ben-Gurion Airport
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
notableEvent led Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
ordered the 1956 Sinai Campaign
notableWork Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
statesman
teacher
officeEnd 1953-01-26
1963-06-26
officeStart 1948-05-14
1955-11-03
positionHeld Minister of Defense of Israel
Minister of Defense of the Provisional Government of Israel
Prime Minister of Israel
member of the Knesset
religion Judaism
residence Jerusalem
Sde Boker
Tel Aviv
signed Israeli Declaration of Independence
spouse Paula Ben-Gurion


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