Zalman Shazar

President of Israel

Shneur Zalman Rubashov November 24, 1889 Mir, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire

October 5, 1974(1974-10-05) (84) Jerusalem

May 21, 1963 – May 24, 1973

3rd President of Israel from 1963 to 1973 Zalman Shazar 1940 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer with Zalman Shazar (1966) Zalman Shazar (Hebrew: זלמן שז"ר ‎; born Shneur Zalman Rubashov; Belarusian: Шнэер За́льман Рубашо́ў ; Russian: Шне́ер За́лмен Рубашо́в ; November 24, 1889 – October 5, 1974) was an Israeli politician, author and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel for two terms, from 1963 to 1973.