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Aharon Barak

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Aharon Barak (Hebrew: אהרן ברק; born Erik Brick; 16 September 1936) is an Israeli lawyer and jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006. Prior to this, Barak served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1978 to 1995, and before this as Attorney General of Israel from 1975 to 1978. Born in Lithuania in 1936 and having survived the Holocaust, he and his family later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1947. He studied law, international relations and economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and obtained his Bachelor of Laws in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Aharon Barak is the 13,359th most popular politician (down from 8,523rd in 2024), the 121st most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 59th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Lithuanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aharon Barak ranks 13,359 out of 19,576. Before him are Habib Essid, Jaime Lerner, Jules de Burlet, Pinhas Lavon, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Max von Hausen. After him are Katrín Jakobsdóttir, William II of Berg, Aufidius Bassus, Leontia, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, and Robert von Mohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Aharon Barak ranks 312. Before him are Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Yuri Ilyenko, Gábor Szabó, Betty Curtis, Peter Swan, and Stella Stevens. After him are Pen Sovan, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Kim Yong-chun, Agnieszka Osiecka, Anthony Zerbe, and Thelma Hopkins.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Aharon Barak ranks 121 out of 328. Before him are Romas Kalanta (1953), Yakov Smushkevich (1902), Jonas Staugaitis (1868), Osip Piatnitsky (1882), Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), and Maironis (1862). After him are Jacques Sernas (1925), Joe Slovo (1926), Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836), Emil Młynarski (1870), Žemaitė (1845), and Stanisław Witkiewicz (1851).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lithuania

Among politicians born in Lithuania, Aharon Barak ranks 45. Before him are Morta (1210), Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas (1880), Inga Ruginienė (1981), Algirdas Butkevičius (1958), Jonas Staugaitis (1868), and Osip Piatnitsky (1882). After him are Joe Slovo (1926), Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882), Grigory Gershuni (1870), Stanisław Narutowicz (1862), Meir Vilner (1918), and Irena Degutienė (1949).

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