March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995 (12 Cheshvan 5756)
Joined Palmach as a teenager, becoming its chief of operations during Israel’s War of Independence. Continued to serve in the Israel Defense Forces becoming Chief of the General Staff in 1964 overseeing Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War (1967).
Served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United States from 1968 – 1973.
Prime Minister of Israel from June 3, 1974 – April 22, 1977 and from July 13, 1992 – November 4, 1995.
Minister of Defense September 13, 1984 – March 15, 1990 and from July 13, 1992 – November 4, 1995.
Signer of Oslo Accords. Nobel Peace Prize (1994). First native-born prime minister of Israel.