Chaim Weizmann

Chaim Azriel Weizmann (???? ?????) (also: Chaijim W., Haim W.) (November 27, 1874 – November 9, 1952) chemist, statesman, President of the World Zionist Organization, first President of Israel (elected May 16, 1948, served 1949 - 1952) and founder of a research institute in Israel which eventually became the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Quotes

• "The choice for our people, Mr. President, is between statehood and extermination."
• Chaim Weizmann, president of Jewish Agency for Palestine to President Harry S. Truman, April 9, 1948