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- NAME: Menachem Begin
- OCCUPATION: Prime Minister
- BIRTH DATE: August 16, 1913
- DEATH DATE: March 09, 1992
- EDUCATION: University of Warsaw
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Brest-Litovsk, Russia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Menachem Begin was prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. He was the co-recipient of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Menachem Begin was born on August 16, 1913 in Brest-Litovsk, Russia. He was prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983 and the co-recipient, with Egyptian president Anwar el-Sdt, of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Peace. Begin mounted an invasion of Lebanon in 1982 to oust the PLO. Civilian deaths during this conflict turned world opinion against Israel. Begin resigned office in 1983. He died in 1992.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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