Science · Politics · 1874–1952

Chaim Weizmann

First President of Israel and a pioneering research biochemist

Did you know?During the First World War, he developed a new method for producing acetone, a chemical vital for the manufacture of British naval explosives.

Chaim Azriel Weizmann ( KYME WYTES-mən; 27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was an Israeli statesman, biochemist, and Zionist leader who served as president of the Zionist Organization and later as the first president of Israel. He was elected on 16 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952.

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