Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel

Rabbi
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
בן ציון מאיר חי עוזאל
Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
Personal
Born23 May 1880
Died4 September 1953
ReligionJudaism
Nationality Mandatory Palestine,  Israel
DenominationSephardic
Jewish leader
PredecessorYaakov Meir
SuccessorYitzhak Nissim
PositionSepharadi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Began1939
Ended1953
Rabbi Uziel at the opening of an exhibition, with General Yigael Yadin
Rabbi Uziel at the opening of an exhibition, with General Yigael Yadin

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (Hebrew: בן ציון מאיר חי עוזיאל, born 23 May 1880, died 4 September 1953), sometimes rendered as Ouziel, was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine from 1939 to 1948, and of Israel from 1948 until his death in 1953.