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Meir Dizengoff

Zionist politician

Died when: 75 years 211 days (906 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Meir Dizengoff

Meir Dizengoff (Hebrew: ?????? ?????????????, Russian: ???? ????????? ????????Meer Yankelevich Dizengof, 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionist leader and politician and the founder and first mayor of Tel Aviv (1911-1922 as head of town planning, 1922-1936 as mayor).

Dizengoff's actions in Ottoman Palestine and the British Mandate for Palestine helped lead to the creation of the State of Israel.

David Ben-Gurion declared Israeli independence in 1948 at Dizengoff's residence in Tel Aviv.Dizengoff House is now Israel's Independence Hall.

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