Conductor politician

Served as the Second prime minister of Israel and the country’s first foreign minister

Signed the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was a principal negotiator in the cease-fire agreements that concluded the Israeli War of Independence

Beginning in 1933, he headed the political department of the Jewish Agency

Also founded the Jewish Brigade, which fought with the British Army during World War II

A member of Mapai, his term was both preceded and succeeded by the premiership of David Ben-Gurion

Immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1906 with his family

In 1910 his family moved to Jaffa, then became one of the founding families of Tel Aviv

Served a commission as First Lieutenant in the Ottoman Army in World War I, working as an interpreter

Elected to the Knesset in the first Israeli election in 1949, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

On March 10, 1949, he was made part of the first cabinet