biography
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Weizmann, Chaim (Azriel)
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pronunciation:
[viytsman, khiym]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1874–1952)
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| biography:
| Jewish statesman and president of Israel (1949–52), born near Pinsk, SW Belarus. He studied in Germany and Switzerland, then lectured on chemistry at Geneva and Manchester universities. He helped to secure the Balfour Declaration of 1917, and became president of the Zionist Organization (1920–30, 1935–46) and of the Jewish Agency (from 1929). He played a major role in the establishment of the state of Israel (1948), and was its first president. |
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