Moshe Sharett

Moshe Sharett
Moshe Sharett
משה שרת‎
	Sharett in 1952
2nd Prime Minister of Israel
	In office; 7 December 1953 – 3 November 1955 Acting to 26 January 1954
President	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Preceded by	David Ben-Gurion
Succeeded by	David Ben-Gurion
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 15 May 1948 – 18 June 1956
Prime Minister	David Ben-Gurion; Himself; David Ben-Gurion;
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Golda Meir
Personal details
Born	Moshe Chertok; 15 October 1894; Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Kherson, Ukraine)
Died	7 July 1965 (aged 70); Jerusalem
Nationality	Russian Empire; Ottoman Empire; United Kingdom; Israel;
Political party	Workers' Party
Spouse	Tzipora Meirov (m. 1922)
Children	3
Alma mater	Istanbul University; London School of Economics;
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire
Branch/service	Ottoman Army
Rank	First lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War I

Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת; born Moshe Chertok (משה שרתוק); 15 October 1894 – 7 July 1965) was the second prime minister of Israel and the country’s first foreign minister. He signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was a principal negotiator in the cease-fire agreements that concluded the 1948 War of Independence. Beginning in 1933, he headed the political department of the Jewish Agency. He also founded the Jewish Brigade, which fought with the British Army during World War II.

A member of Mapai,^[1] Sharett's term was both preceded and succeeded by the premiership of David Ben-Gurion.^[2]^[3]

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^ Academic American Encyclopedia. Aretê Publishing Company. 7 January 1980. ISBN 9780933880009 – via Google Books.
^ "Knesset Member, Moshe Sharett". knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 9 September 2016.