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Yitzhak Shamir , 1915-, Zionist activist and Israeli politician, b. Poland. Emigrating (1935) to Palestine, he was twice arrested by the British for participating in a militant Jewish organization; in 1946 he fled to France. Returning (1948) to Israel , he served in the secret service until 1965. He helped to found (1973) the conservative Likud party, becoming its leader and prime minister upon the retirement of Menachem Begin in 1983. In 1984 and 1988, Likud and Labor formed a government of national unity in which Shamir served as foreign minister (1984-86) and prime minister (1986-90). From 1990 to 1992 Shamir was prime minister of a Likud-led right-wing government.

Bibliography: See his autobiography, Summing Up (1994).

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Shamir, Yitzhak (b.1915),Polish Jew who immigrated to Palestine in 1935. He joined the Irgun in 1937 and then the Stern gang, becoming its leader in 1942. From 1983 he served as Israel's prime minister on several occasions.

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