Yosef Sprinzak
Yosef Sprinzak | |
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Speaker of the Knesset | |
In office 14 February 1949 – 28 January 1959 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Nahum Nir |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1959 | Mapai |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 December 1885 Moscow, Russian Empire (now Russia) |
Died | 28 January 1959 Jerusalem | (aged 73)
Yosef Sprinzak (
Biography
Yosef Sprinzak was born in
Along with Eliezer Kaplan Sprinzak headed Hapoel Hatzair ("The Young Worker") a Zionist socialist faction formed in 1905 and one of the organisations that consolidated to form Mapai in 1930. Its members were pro-British and supported Chaim Weizmann.[1] He was a founder of the Histadrut in 1920 and acted as secretary general of the organisation from 1945 to 1949.
His son
Political career
Sprinzak was elected to the position of speaker of the provisional parliament on 15 July 1948,
As part of his role as speaker, Sprinzak became acting President of Israel when Chaim Weizmann fell ill from 12 December 1951. After Weizmann's death on 9 November 1952 Sprinzak served as interim President until inauguration of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi on 10 December 1952.
Gallery
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Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Chairman of the National Committee, addresses the Zionist General Council Meeting in Jerusalem. From right to left: I. Rupaisen, Ben-Zion Mossinson, H. Farbstein, Nahum Sokolow, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Yosef Sprinzak, I. L. Goldberg, Shmaryahu Levin, Eliezer Kaplan (1935)
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L-R: W. G. Hall, Moshe Rosetti, Yosef Sprinzak, , 1951
References
- ^ Sofer, 2003, pp. xi; xii; 99.
- ^ "Ehud Sprinzak, 62; Studied Israel Far Right". The New York Times. 12 November 2002.
- ^ Goldberg, 2003, p. 32.
- ^ Sofer, 1998, p. 115.
Bibliography
- Goldberg, Giora (2003). Ben-Gurion Against the Knesset. London: ISBN 0-7146-5556-2
- Sofer, Sasson (1998). Zionism and the Foundations of Israeli Diplomacy. Cambridge: ISBN 0-521-63012-6
External links
- Yosef Sprinzak on the Knesset website
- Jewish Virtual Library