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Istanbul University. Signature. David Ben-Gurion ( / bɛnˈɡʊəriən / ben GOOR-ee-ən; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן־גּוּרִיּוֹן [daˈvid ben ɡuʁˈjon] ⓘ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister.
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Apr 23, 2024 · David Ben-Gurion (born October 16, 1886, Płońsk, Poland, Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died December 1, 1973, Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel) was a Zionist statesman and political leader, the first prime minister (1948–53, 1955–63) and defense minister (1948–53; 1955–63) of Israel.
David Ben-Gurion, orig. David Gruen, (born Oct. 16, 1886, Płońsk, Pol., Russian Empire—died Dec. 1, 1973, Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel), First prime minister of Israel (1948–53, 1955–63). Introduced to Zionism by his father, Ben-Gurion immigrated to Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire , in 1906, hoping to fulfill the Zionist ...
David Ben-Gurion. (1886 - 1973) David Ben-Gurion was the first Prime Minister of Israel and widely hailed as the State’s main founder. David Yosef Gruen was born in Plonsk, Poland, on October 16, 1886, and educated in a Hebrew school established by his father, an ardent Zionist.
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David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), Israel’s first prime minister, was one of the most important Zionist leaders of the 20th century. His uncompromising vision of Jewish unity and statehood, together with a genius for pragmatic political and military tactics, enabled him to establish the State of Israel and guide it through the social, economic ...
David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder of the State of Israel as well as its first prime minister. As head of the Jewish Agency from 1935, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he was the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led the movement for an independent Jewish state in Mandatory ...
David Ben-Gurion created the Council with representatives from a broad swath of the yishuv, including some of his rivals. They were all required to Hebraicize their names, so, for example, Golda Meyerson became Golda Meir. Two weeks earlier, Ben-Gurion had asked Pinchas Rosen to write the first draft of a declaration of independence.