Zalman Shazar

Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar
זלמן שז"ר
	Shazar in 1963
3rd President of Israel
	In office; May 21, 1963 – May 24, 1973
Prime Minister	David Ben-Gurion; Levi Eshkol; Yigal Allon (Acting); Golda Meir
Preceded by	Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Succeeded by	Ephraim Katzir
Member of the Knesset
	In office; 14 February 1949 – 8 October 1956
Personal details
Born	Shneur Zalman Rubashov; November 24, 1889; Mir, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus)
Died	October 5, 1974 (aged 84); Jerusalem
Citizenship	Russian Empire; Mandatory Palestine; Israel
Political party	Mapai
Spouse	Rachel Shazar
Children	1

Zalman Shazar (Hebrew: זלמן שז"ר; born Shneur Zalman Rubashov; Belarusian: Шнэер За́льман Рубашо́ў; Russian: Шне́ер За́лмен Рубашо́в; November 24, 1889 – October 5, 1974) was an Israeli politician, author and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel for two terms, from 1963 to 1973.