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  2. Ezer Weizman - Wikipedia

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    Ezer Weizman was born in Tel Aviv in the British Mandate of Palestine on 15 June 1924 to Yechiel and Yehudit Weizmann. His father was an agronomist. Weizman was a nephew of Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann. [citation needed] He grew up in Acre and Haifa, and attended the Hebrew Reali School. [1]

  3. List of presidents of Israel - Wikipedia

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    ^ After Weizman resigned from the presidency, Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg took over as Acting President of Israel until the appointment of Moshe Katsav. ^ After Katsav began a leave of absence due to police investigations on 25 January 2007, Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik took over as Acting President of Israel. She continued in this role after ...

  4. Chaim Weizmann - Wikipedia

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    Chaim Azriel Weizmann (/ ˈ k aɪ m ˈ w aɪ t s m ə n / KYME WYTE-smən; [a] 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death ...

  5. 1993 Israeli presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Ezer Weizman, former Israeli Air Force commander and Defense Minister of Israel, ran against Dov Shilansky, a Likud politician. The Knesset elected Weizman, by a majority of 66 to 53 to serve as the next President of Israel. He assumed office on May 13, 1993.

  6. Reuma Weizman - Wikipedia

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    Reuma Weizman (Hebrew: ראומה ויצמן; née Schwartz; born 18 August 1925) is an Israeli public personality and the wife of the seventh President of Israel, Ezer Weizmann, who served in this position from May 13, 1993 to July 13, 2000.

  7. 1952 Israeli presidential election - Wikipedia

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    An election for President of Israel was held in the Knesset on 8 December 1952 following the death of the Israel's first president, Chaim Weizmann on 9 November. Between Weizmann's death and the winner of the election, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, taking office on 16 December, Knesset speaker Yosef Sprinzak served as acting president.

  8. Weizmann - Wikipedia

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    Weizmann or Weizman is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Notable people with this surname include: Chaim Weizmann , a chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science

  9. List of Israeli politicians - Wikipedia

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    Gideon Pat, former minister, former President of Israel Bonds Nathan Peled , former Immigrant Absorption minister Shimon Peres (1923–2016), Second Vice Prime Minister, May 2006–, former defense and foreign minister, Prime Minister of Israel in 1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996; Nobel Peace Prize 1994