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Menachem Begin

1913 - 1992

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Menachem Begin (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בֵּגִין Menaḥem Begin, pronounced [menaˈχem ˈbeɡin] ; Polish: Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); Russian: Менахем Вольфович Бегин, romanized: Menakhem Volfovich Begin; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Israel, he was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun, the Revisionist breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah. He proclaimed a revolt, on 1 February 1944, against the British mandatory government, which was opposed by the Jewish Agency. As head of the Irgun, he targeted the British in Palestine, with a notable attack being the King David Hotel bombing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Menachem Begin is the 696th most popular politician (down from 369th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 4th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belarusian Politician.

Menachem Begin is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Israel from 1977-1983.

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Among politicians, Menachem Begin ranks 696 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Gustav III of Sweden, Leontios, Philip III of France, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, and Letizia Ramolino. After him are Frederick William I of Prussia, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Theodosius III, Haakon the Good, and Mobutu Sese Seko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Menachem Begin ranks 7. Before him are Albert Camus, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, and Vivien Leigh. After him are Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Burt Lancaster, Klaus Barbie, Claude Simon, and Paul Ricœur. Among people deceased in 1992, Menachem Begin ranks 8. Before him are Isaac Asimov, Grace Hopper, Alexander Dubček, Willy Brandt, Friedrich Hayek, and Astor Piazzolla. After him are Mikhail Tal, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, Francis Bacon, Barbara McClintock, and Giovanni Falcone.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Menachem Begin ranks 5 out of 368. Before him are Marc Chagall (1887), Shimon Peres (1923), Lev Vygotsky (1896), and Alexander Lukashenko (1954). After him are Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Menachem Begin ranks 3. Before him are Shimon Peres (1923), and Alexander Lukashenko (1954). After him are Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Chaim Weizmann (1874), 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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