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David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion was the Zionist labour leader who declared Israel's independence on 14 May 1948 and served as its first prime minister, leading the state through the 1948 war, the mass immigration that doubled its population, and the building of its institutions and army. Born in Poland, he had headed the Jewish Agency under Mandatory Palestine, and after leaving office he retired to a kibbutz in the Negev; he remains Israel's founding statesman.
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