Menachem Begin | |
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מנחם בגין | |
6th Prime Minister of Israel | |
In office 21 June 1977 – 10 October 1983 |
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President |
Ephraim Katzir Yitzhak Navon Chaim Herzog |
Preceded by | Yitzhak Rabin |
Succeeded by | Yitzhak Shamir |
Minister of Defense | |
In office 28 May 1980 – 5 August 1981 |
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Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Ezer Weizman |
Succeeded by | Ariel Sharon |
In office 14 February 1983 – 23 February 1983 |
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Prime Minister | Himself |
Preceded by | Ariel Sharon |
Succeeded by | Moshe Arens |
Personal details | |
Born |
Brest, Russian Empire |
16 August 1913
Died | 9 March 1992 Tel Aviv, Israel |
(aged 78)
Political party |
Herut (1948–1988) Likud (1988–1992) |
Other political affiliations |
Gahal (1965–1988) |
Spouse(s) | Aliza Arnold (1939–82) |
Children |
Ze'ev Binyamin Hasia Leah |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Religion | Judaism |
Signature |
Menachem Begin | |
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Date of birth | 16 August 1913 |
Place of birth | Brest, Russian Empire |
Year of aliyah | 1942 |
Date of death | 9 March 1992 | (aged 78)
Place of death | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Knessets | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
Menachem Begin ( listen ; Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין Menaḥem Begin, Polish: Mieczysław Biegun; Russian: Менахем Вольфович Бегин Menakhem Volfovich Begin; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944, against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine. Later, the Irgun fought the Arabs during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.