Meir Vilner
Israeli communist politician · Israel · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1918 to 2003 · aged 84
Meir Vilner 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.
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Members of the Israeli Communist Party in Haifa, 23 October 1948.Seated (L-R): Meir Vilner, Tawfik Toubi, Shmuel Mikunis, Emile Habibi, George Garabadian.Standing: Ruth Lubitsch, Eliyahu Drukman, Abraham Feigenboim, Wolf Ehrlich, Alyosha Gozansky, Pnina Feinhaus, Esther Vilenska, Mordechai Biletski.
Vilner's official Knesset portrait, 1951
Vilner later in his career
Vilner addresses Rakah's 1976 convention
