Zalman Shazar
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3rd President of Israel (1963–1973)
Key facts
- Prime minister
- David Ben-Gurion , Levi Eshkol , Yigal Allon (Interim) , Golda Meir
- Preceded by
- Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
- Succeeded by
- Ephraim Katzir
- Born
- ( 1889-11-24 ) 24 November 1889, Mir , Novogrudsky Uyezd , Minsk Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 5 October 1974 (1974-10-05) (aged 84), Jerusalem
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire , Mandatory Palestine , Israel
- Party
- Mapai
- Spouse
- Rachel Shazar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Mir
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Spouse
- Rachel Katznelson-Shazar
- Occupation
- poet
- Position held
- Knesset member
- Educated at
- University of Strasbourg
- Political party
- Workers of Zion
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Student of
- Yehuda L. Katzenelson
- Image
- Portrait of Zalman Shazar.jpg
- Work location
- Jerusalem
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- writing language
- Yiddish
- birth name
- שניאור זלמו רובאשאוו
- place of burial
- Mount Herzl
- Commons category
- Zalman Shazar
- date of birth
- 1889-12-22
- date of death
- 1974-10-05
- member of
- Jewish National Council
- described by source
- Belarusian encyclopedia
- archives at
- Gnazim Institute archive
- name in native language
- זלמן שזר
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Encyclopedic overview
Zalman Shazar (Hebrew: זַלְמָן שַׁזָּ״ר; 24 November 1889 – 5 October 1974; born Shneur Zalman Rubashov) was a Belarusian-born Israeli politician, author and poet. Shazar served as the president of Israel for two terms, from 1963 to 1973.
Biography
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