Meir Dizengoff
Zionist politician (1861-1936) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 75
Meir Dizengoff ; 25 February 1861 - 23 September 1936) was a Zionist leader and politician and the founder and first mayor of Tel Aviv. Dizengoff's actions in Ottoman Palestine and the British Mandate for Palestine helped lead to the creation of the State of Israel.
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Meir Dizengoff's funeral, 24 September 1936, Tel Aviv. Photo by Matson Photo Service.
Dizengoff's coffin, lying in the Tel Aviv museum of art, 1939About this person
David Ben-Gurion declared Israeli independence in 1948 at Dizengoff's residence in Tel Aviv. Dizengoff House is now Israel's Independence Hall.
