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Yitzhak Rabin
Military Commander
1922 – 1995
Who was Yitzhak Rabin?
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995.
In 1994, Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat. He was assassinated by right-wing Israeli radical Yigal Amir, who was opposed to Rabin's signing of the Oslo Accords. Rabin was the first native-born prime minister of Israel, the only prime minister to be assassinated and the second to die in office after Levi Eshkol.
He was voted number one in a 2005 Ynet poll of greatest Israelis.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1922
Jerusalem - Also known as
- Itzhak Rabin
- Maj. Gen. Rabin
- Parents
- Spouses
- Leah Rabin
(1948/08/23 - 1995/11/04)
- Leah Rabin
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Israelis
- Nationality
- Israel
- Profession
- Education
- Kadoorie Agricultural High School
( - 1940)
- Kadoorie Agricultural High School
- Lived in
- Jerusalem
- Died
- Nov 4, 1995
Tel Aviv - Resting place
- Jerusalem
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on July 23, 2013
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