Meir Schamgar
Meir Shamgar ( Hebrew מאיר שמגר; born Meir Sternberg on August 13, 1925 in Danzig , Free City of Danzig ; died October 18, 2019 ) was an Israeli lawyer . From 1983 to 1995 he was President of the Israeli Supreme Court .
Life
Shamgar's family fled the Free City of Danzig to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1939 under the pressure of the National Socialist persecution of Jews . He studied history and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and law at the Government Law School of the University of London .
He served in the Israeli Armed Forces , where he was head of the military prosecutor from 1961. He retired from active service as Brigadier General in 1968 and became Israel's Attorney General and legal advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel . In 1975 he moved to the Supreme Court as a judge, of which he was president from 1983 to 1995.
Shamgar headed the investigative commissions into the murders by Baruch Goldstein and the attack on Yitzchak Rabin .
Fonts (selection)
- The Observance of International Law in the Administered Territories , in: Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 1971, pp. 371-389
Web links
- Literature by and about Meir Schamgar in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Meir Shamgar , short biography on the Israeli government website (en)
- Daniel Mandel: By: And Justice for all - Voice of sweet reason , portrait, at Australia / Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shamgar, Meir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shamgar, Meir; מאיר שמגר |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli lawyer, judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig , Free City of Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th October 2019 |