Levi Eshkol

Levi Eshkol

Levi Eshkol (Hebrew: לֵוִי אֶשְׁכּוֹל; Arabic: ليفي أشكول‎, born Levi Shkolnik (Hebrew: לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק) 25 October 1895 – 26 February 1969) served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office.

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