Moshe Sharett
| Moshe Sharett משה שרת |
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| 2nd Prime Minister of Israel | |
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In office 26 January 1954 – 3 November 1955 |
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| President | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
| Preceded by | David Ben-Gurion |
| Succeeded by | David Ben-Gurion |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 15 May 1948 – 18 June 1956 |
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| Prime Minister | David Ben-Gurion Himself David Ben-Gurion |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Golda Meir |
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Moshe Shertok 16 October 1894 Kherson, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 July 1965 (aged 70) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality |
 Russian Empire Ottoman Empire United Kingdom Israel
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| Political party | Mapai |
| Spouse(s) | Tzipora Meirov (1896-1973) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Istanbul University London School of Economics |
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Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת, born Moshe Shertok (Hebrew: משה שרתוק) 16 October 1894 – 7 July 1965) was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954–55), serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms. He continued as Foreign Minister (1955–56) in the Mapai government. Sharett steered the government through a turbulent period, was an experienced diplomat, with a liberal policy, a conciliatory approach, and a modernising attitude to the West. The renewed war with the Arabs split the socialist Left commencing another period of instability.
Born in Kherson in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Sharett emigrated to Ottoman Palestine as a child in 1906. In 1910 his family moved to Jaffa, then became one of the founding families of Tel Aviv.
He graduated from the first class of the Herzliya Hebrew High School, even studying music at the Shulamit Conservatory. He then went off to Constantinople to study law at Istanbul University, the same university at which Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and David Ben-Gurion studied. However, his time there was cut short due to the outbreak of World War I. He served a commission as First Lieutenant in the Ottoman Army, as an interpreter.
After the war, he worked as an Arab affairs and land purchase agent for the Assembly of Representatives of the Yishuv. He also became a member of Ahdut Ha'Avoda, and later of Mapai.
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