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Meir Vilner | |
|---|---|
| מאיר וילנר | |
 Meir Vilner in 1951 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1949–1959 | Communist Party |
| 1961 | Communist Party |
| 1965–1977 | Communist Party |
| 1977–1990 | Hadash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bar Kovner 23 October 1918 Vilnius, Kingdom of Lithuania |
| Died | 5 June 2003 (aged 84) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Meir Vilner (Hebrew: מאיר וילנר, born Ber Kovner; 23 October 1918 – 5 June 2003) was a Lithuanian-born Israeli communist politician and Jewish leader of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki), at one time a powerful force in the country. He was the youngest and last living signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.[1]