# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/levi-eshkol
# Generated: 2026-09-01T16:11:16.170Z

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description: "Israel's prime minister from 1963 until he died in office in 1969, leading the country through the Six-Day War. He lifted military rule over Israeli Arabs, became the first Israeli leader formally invited to the White House, and shaped the alliance with Lyndon Johnson that would define the region."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Levi Yitzhak Shkolnik in 1895, he immigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1914 and built the infrastructure of the pre-state Yishuv — founding Mekorot water company in 1937, helping establish the Histadrut and Haganah, chairing settlement committees that enabled new construction. He served as Director General of the Ministry of Defense in 1948–1949, then as Minister of Finance from 1952 to 1963, accumulating power in agriculture, settlement, and budget. When David Ben-Gurion resigned in 1963, Eshkol took the premiership and won the next election, holding office for six years. Shortly after, he annulled military rule over Israeli Arabs and made that landmark visit to Washington. His bond with Johnson steadied American support through the Six-Day War in 1967. He died of a heart attack in office in February 1969, the first Israeli prime minister not to leave by resignation or ballot.