Yitzhak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir (born Icchak Jaziernicky; 15 October 1915 - 30 June 2012) was a Polish born Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1986–92.
Yitzhak Shamir יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר | |
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.jpg) Shamir in 1980 | |
| 7th Prime Minister of Israel | |
| In office October 20, 1986 – July 13, 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Shimon Peres |
| Succeeded by | Yitzhak Rabin |
| In office October 10, 1983 – September 13, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Menachem Begin |
| Succeeded by | Shimon Peres |
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| Born | Icchak Jeziernicky October 22, 1915 Ruzhinoy, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 30, 2012 (aged 96) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Political party | Likud |
| Spouse(s) | Shulamit Shamir (m. 1944–2011; her death) |
| Children | 2 |
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He was born in Ruzhinoy (nowadays in Belarus), in the Russian Empire in 1915. In 1935, Shamir went to Palestine, where he worked in an accountant’s office.[1] Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir in the 1930s and 1940s was a member of the Zionist paramilitary organization Irgun, and then a commander of the more militant Lehi.
After the establishment of the State of Israel, Yitzhak Shamir worked for Israel's security service, the Mossad from 1955 to 1965. He joined the Herut political party in 1969. He was elected to Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in 1973 as a member of political party Likud. He was the Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1992. He was the country’s second longest-serving prime minister after David Ben-Gurion.[1]
He died of Alzheimer's disease in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2012 and was buried in Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.[1]
Yitzhak Shamir Media
Wanted Poster of the Palestine Police Force of Irgun members showing far left top row Menachem Begin; on the bottom row far right is Yitzhak Shamir
Wanted Poster of the Palestine Police Force offering rewards for the capture of Lehi members: Yaakov Levstein (Eliav), left, Yitzhak Yezernitzky (Shamir), center, and Natan Friedman-Yelin (Yellin-Mor), right
Foreign Minister Shamir with US Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, 1982
Shamir meeting with US President George H. W. Bush at the White House in 1990
Shamir greets new immigrants from Ethiopia, 1991
Wiki Joseph Lewin with the Pri-minister Itzchak Shamir
Yitzhak Shamir's coffin lying in state in the Knesset, July 2, 2012
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lis, Jonathan; Staff, Haaretz (June 30, 2012). "Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir Dies at 96" – via Haaretz.
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