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1963

Changing of the Guard

Ben-Gurion resigned and Levi Eshkol became prime minister, and Zalman Shazar was elected president.

  1. President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi passes away while in office.
  2. The Knesset elects Zalman Shazar as the third President of the State.
  3. David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister.
  4. Levi Eshkol is elected prime minister, and the eleventh government is sworn in.
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