David Ben-Gurion

Born

October 16, 1886

Died

December 1, 1973 (aged 87)

Known as

politician, trade unionist, Zionist

David Ben-Gurion was the primary national founder and first prime minister of the State of Israel. 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 Palestine.

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