What is Moshe Sharett?
[[File:Moshe Sharett Portrait cropped.jpg|thumb|Moshe Sharett (1952)]] '''Moshe Sharett''', Hebrew: משה שרת , born ''Moshe Shertok'', Hebrew: משה שרתוק, (October 15, [[1894]] in [[Kherson]] ([[Russian Empire]], nowadays [[Ukraine]]) - July 7, [[1965]] in [[Jerusalem]]) was an [[Israel]]i politician of [[Mapai]] Party. Sharett moved to [[Ottoman Palestine]] in 1906. He studied at [[Istanbul University]] and the [[London School of Economics]]. In 1920s he worked as a journalist in the United Kingdom. He returned to [[Mandatory Palestine]] in 1931, and became a member of the [[Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine)|Assembly of Representatives]]. He was one of those who signed the [[Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel]] in 1948. Sharett was chosen into the first [[Knesset]] in 1949, and stayed a Member of Knesset till his death. He was also in the government. He was Foreign Minister from 1948 to 1956. During this time he was also [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]] from January 26, 1954 to November 3, 1955, succeeding fellow party member [[David Ben-Gurion]] (last one succeeded Sharett). Moshe Sharett died in 1965 at the age of 80. == References == * [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=672 Bio at Knesset Website] {{Commonscat}} {{Israeli prime ministers}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharett, Moshe}} [[Category:1894 births]] [[Category:1965 deaths]] [[Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics]] [[Category:Members of the Knesset]] [[Category:Government ministers of Israel]] [[Category:Israeli political leaders]] [[Category:Jewish Israeli politicians]] [[Category:British journalists]] [[Category:Mapai politicians]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Israel]] [[Category:Ukrainian Jews]] [[Category:Zionists]]