Yosef Sprinzak | |
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Speaker of the Knesset | |
In office 14 February 1949 – 28 January 1959 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Nahum Nir |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1959 | Mapai |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 December 1885 Moscow, Russian Empire |
Died | 28 January 1959 Jerusalem | (aged 73)
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.