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Yitzhak Navon

1921 - 2015

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Yitzhak Rachamim Navon (Hebrew: יצחק נבון‎; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the president of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left Alignment party. He was the first Israeli president born in Jerusalem and the first Sephardi Jew to serve in that office. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yitzhak Navon is the 3,284th most popular politician (down from 1,874th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Israel (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular Israeli Politician.

Yitzhak Navon was the fifth President of Israel. He served from 1978 to 1983.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yitzhak Navon ranks 3,284 out of 19,576. Before him are Amenemhat I, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Ajax the Lesser, Felipe González, and Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier. After him are Chryseis, Telamon, Charles Martel of Anjou, Nectanebo I, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and Alberto Fernández.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Yitzhak Navon ranks 54. Before him are Georges Brassens, Kenneth Arrow, James Jones, Abdul Salam Arif, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Gérard Debreu. After him are Jack Steinberger, Telmo Zarra, Zdeněk Miler, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Harald Quandt, and Nexhmije Hoxha. Among people deceased in 2015, Yitzhak Navon ranks 48. Before him are Douglass North, Fatema Mernissi, James Last, Colleen McCullough, René Girard, and Günter Schabowski. After him are Yevgeny Primakov, Boris Nemtsov, Frei Otto, Faten Hamama, Mathieu Kérékou, and Diana Douglas.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Yitzhak Navon ranks 106 out of 466. Before him are Uri Geller (1946), Israel Katz (1955), Jonathan Apphus (-200), George Habash (1926), Gene Simmons (1949), and Ofra Haza (1957). After him are Zephaniah (-701), Natalie Portman (1981), Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947), Itzhak Perlman (1945), Abu Nidal (1937), and Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (1167).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Yitzhak Navon ranks 44. Before him are Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Yoav Galant (1958), Philip the Tetrarch (-4), Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105), Israel Katz (1955), and Jonathan Apphus (-200). After him are Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947), Aristobulus II (-100), Judah ha-Nasi (135), Barak (null), Yigal Allon (1918), and Tzipi Livni (1958).

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