Yigal Allon
Israeli politician, general, acting prime minister of Israel (1918-1980) · Israel · On the map · Politicians · Died at 61
Yigal Allon was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaAvoda and Israeli Labor parties.
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L-R: Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Sadeh, Yigal Allon, at Kibbutz Hanita (1938)
Yitzhak Sadeh (left) and Yigal Allon, 1948
Allon in 1948
Allon (right) with Golda Meir, 1969.
Foreign Minister Allon sitting with Joop den Uyl, Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
Right to Left: U.S. Secretary of Labor, William Willard Wirtz, Israeli Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol and Israeli Minister of Labor, Yigal Allon.About this person
He served briefly as acting Prime Minister of Israel between the death of Levi Eshkol and the appointment of Golda Meir in 1969. Allon was the first non-European-born Israeli to serve as Prime Minister of Israel. He was a government minister from the third Knesset to the ninth inclusive.
