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Chaim Weizmann

1874 - 1952

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Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( KYME WYTE-smən; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Russian-born Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann was instrumental in obtaining the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and convincing the United States government to recognize the newly formed State of Israel in 1948. As a biochemist, Weizmann is considered to be the 'father' of industrial fermentation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chaim Weizmann is the 1,145th most popular politician (down from 573rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Chaim Weizmann was a Zionist leader and the first president of Israel.

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Among politicians, Chaim Weizmann ranks 1,145 out of 19,576. Before him are Theodoric I, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Sima Yi, John I of Portugal, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, and Alfonso XII of Spain. After him are Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Béla Kun, Constantine IX Monomachos, Frederick V of Denmark, Yun Posun, and Modu Chanyu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Chaim Weizmann ranks 13. Before him are Herbert Hoover, Howard Carter, Johannes Stark, Max Scheler, Ernst Cassirer, and Sunjong of Korea. After him are Edward Thorndike, Carl Bosch, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Lou Henry Hoover, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and António Egas Moniz. Among people deceased in 1952, Chaim Weizmann ranks 7. Before him are George VI, Maria Montessori, Knut Hamsun, Eva Perón, John Dewey, and Alexandra Kollontai. After him are Wilm Hosenfeld, Paul Éluard, Karen Horney, Benedetto Croce, Sven Hedin, and Elena of Montenegro.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Chaim Weizmann ranks 8 out of 368. Before him are Shimon Peres (1923), Lev Vygotsky (1896), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), and Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746). After him are Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), Chaim Soutine (1893), Meyer Lansky (1902), and Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Chaim Weizmann ranks 5. Before him are Shimon Peres (1923), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), and Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877). After him are Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Zalman Shazar (1889), Isser Harel (1912), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), and Mstislav I of Kiev (1076).

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