Levi Eshkol

Tags: Prime Minister.

About this sound Levi Eshkol (Hebrew: לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל; born Levi Shkolnik (Hebrew: לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק) 25 October 1895 – 26 February 1969) served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.

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active years end date

1967-06-05, 1969-02-26

active years start date

1963-06-21, 1963-06-26

birth date

1895-10-25

birth name

Levi Shkolnik

birth place

Russian Empire, Kiev Governorate, Oratov

death date

1969-02-26

death place

Jerusalem, Israel

LCCN Id

n/50/12181

nationality

Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Israel

office

Minister of Defense

order in office

3rd, Prime Minister of Israel

party

Mapai, Alignment (political party)

religion

Judaism

successor

Moshe Dayan, Yigal Allon