Yosef Sprinzak

Yosef Sprinzak
Speaker of the Knesset
In office
14 February 1949 – 28 January 1959
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNahum Nir
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1959Mapai
Personal details
Born8 December 1885
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died28 January 1959(1959-01-28) (aged 73)
Jerusalem

Yosef Sprinzak (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף שְׁפְּרִינְצָק; 8 December 1885 – 28 January 1959) was a leading Zionist activist in the first half of the 20th century, an Israeli politician, and the first Speaker of the Knesset, a role he held from 1949 until his death in 1959.


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