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Levi Eshkol
Levi Eshkol, born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik, was the prime minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. A founder of the Israeli Labor Party, he served in numerous senior roles, including Minister of Defense (1963–1967) and Minister of Finance (1952–1963).
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politics · Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 to 1969 · politician · also Levi Eshkol, Levi Shkolnik, Levi Eschol, Eshkol
Born 25 October 1895 · Died 26 February 1969 · Q191123
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1984· 1 entry
His image was chosen for the five-thousand old Israeli shekel bill, replaced in 1985 by the five new Israeli shekel bill
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1970· 1 entry
A postage stamp with a portrait of Eshkol
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1969· 2 entries
Died 1969-02-26.
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1969–1969).
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1968· 3 entries
Won: Eshkol was given honorary citizenships of towns and cities in Israel and abroad (1968).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Jerusalem (1968).
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1968–1969).
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1967· 1 entry
Won: Eshkol was given honorary citizenships of towns and cities in Israel and abroad (1967).
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1966· 3 entries
Awarded National Order of Madagascar (1966).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of the Ivory Coast (1966).
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Yet the recession eventually served in healing fundamental economic deficiencies and helped fuel the ensuing recovery of 1967–1973
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1965· 5 entries
Awarded National Order of Chad (1965).
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Awarded Nebraska Admiral (1965).
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Won: Eshkol was given honorary citizenships of towns and cities in Israel and abroad (1965).
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As well as cultural ties with the Soviet Union, which also allowed some Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1965–1968).
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1964· 6 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of Yeshiva University (1964).
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Won: Eshkol was given honorary citizenships of towns and cities in Israel and abroad (1964).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1964).
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Married Miriam, a librarian at the Library of the Knesset and 35 years his junior, who died in 2016
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The formation of the unified Israel Labor Party in 1968 and the joining of forces with Mapam to create the second alignment in 1969
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His brother Ben-Zion Shkolnik was a refusenik who made aliyah in 1964.
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1963· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Israel (1963–1967).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Israel (1963–1969).
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1962· 1 entry
Eshkol introduced a new economic plan
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1961· 2 entries
Career landmark: Knesset member (1961–1965).
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Ben-Gurion asked to retire as prime minister and recommended Eshkol as his successor
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1959· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1959–1961).
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1957· 1 entry
Began talks with the European Economic Community towards integration of Israel in its market, ultimately achieved in 1964 with the signing of the first commercial agreement between the two entities
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: Knesset member (1955–1959).
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1954· 1 entry
Completed legislation for the establishment of the Bank of Israel
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1951· 3 entries
Was soon thereafter appointed to key government roles
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Career landmark: Knesset member (1951–1955).
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Career landmark: Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (1951–1952).
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1947· 1 entry
Eshkol was appointed as a member of the two major defense forums: The Negev Committee that oversaw the administration of the Negev prior to the declaration of independence of Israel, as well as the general Defense Commit
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1944· 1 entry
Was appointed as the Secretary General of Tel Aviv Workers' Council, remaining in this position until 1948
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1938· 1 entry
From agricultural territories to residential areas and the construction of the first water lines to the southern Negev area as early as 1941
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1937· 1 entry
Eshkol founded Mekorot water company and was its director until 1951
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1934· 1 entry
Was appointed director of Nir company, which provided funds to new agricultural settlements
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1930· 1 entry
With whom he had three daughters: Dvora Rafaeli (1930–2001), Tama Shochat and Ofra Nevo
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1929· 2 entries
Was elected as chairman of the settlement committee within the Zionist Congress, taking a leading role in enabling conditions for new construction
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Was a delegate for the first time to the Zionist Congress and was elected to the Zionist Executive, which made him an acting member of the executive in the newly formed Jewish Agency
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1918· 1 entry
Volunteered with the Jewish Legion and served in it until the summer of 1920
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1914· 1 entry
Left for Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire
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1913· 1 entry
Joined Hapoel Hatzair following his meeting with party leader Joseph Shprinzak
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1911· 1 entry
Was accepted for studies at the Jewish gymnasium in Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) and left his hometown and his family
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1895· 1 entry
Born 1895-10-25.
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