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Isser Harel

1912 - 2003

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Isser Harel (Hebrew: איסר הראל‎; 1912 – 18 February 2003) was spymaster of the intelligence and the security services of Israel and the Director of the Mossad (1952–1963). In his capacity as Mossad director, he oversaw the capture and covert transportation to Israel of Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann. Harel was the only individual in the history of the State of Israel to hold a position that consolidated both internal and external intelligence responsibilities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isser Harel is the 3,595th most popular politician (down from 2,626th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Belarus (down from 20th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Isser Harel was the head of the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, from 1952 to 1963. He is most famous for his role in the capture of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960.

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Among politicians, Isser Harel ranks 3,595 out of 19,576. Before him are Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Boris Nemtsov, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Michael Collins, Postumus, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont. After him are László Sólyom, Rumen Radev, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Karl Thopia, Cao Huan, and Lennart Johansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Isser Harel ranks 55. Before him are Jozef Gabčík, Otto Ernst Remer, Shoichi Nishimura, Robert Doisneau, George Emil Palade, and Duško Popov. After him are Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, Kathleen Ferrier, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, and Lawrence Durrell. Among people deceased in 2003, Isser Harel ranks 38. Before him are Mario Beccaria, Lee Yoo-hyung, Gertrude Ederle, Franco Modigliani, Richard Crenna, and Compay Segundo. After him are Bernard Katz, Helmut Rahn, Alberto Sordi, Celia Cruz, Horst Buchholz, and Leslie Cheung.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Isser Harel ranks 22 out of 368. Before him are Stanisław Moniuszko (1819), Ryszard Kapuściński (1932), Zalman Shazar (1889), Yanka Kupala (1882), Léon Bakst (1866), and Ossip Zadkine (1888). After him are Alexander Parvus (1867), Pavel Sukhoi (1895), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Zhores Alferov (1930), Yakub Kolas (1882), and Raphael Lemkin (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Isser Harel ranks 10. Before him are Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), and Zalman Shazar (1889). After him are Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Maria Kaczyńska (1942), Marek Edelman (1922), Nikolay Krestinsky (1883), and Elena Glinskaya (1510).

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