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Shimon Peres

First elected to the Knesset

Tuesday Nov 3, 1959
Israel

Peres was first elected to the Knesset in the 1959 elections, as a member of the Mapai party. He was given the role of Deputy Defense Minister, which he filled until 1965.


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