Shimon Agranate
Shimon Agranat ( Hebrew שמעון אגרנט; born September 5, 1906 in Louisville , Kentucky ; died August 10, 1992 ) was an Israeli lawyer. Between 1966 and 1976 he was the third president of the Israeli Supreme Court .
Career
Shimon Agranat was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1906. His parents emigrated from the Russian Empire to the United States of America . He grew up in Chicago , where he studied at the University of Chicago Law School . In 1929 he completed his law studies . Agranat emigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1930 and settled in Haifa to work as a lawyer.
Shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Shimon Agranat was appointed a judge of the Israeli Supreme Court in 1950 and in 1966 the third president after Moses Smoira and Jitzchak Olshan . As early as 1961, he became deputy president of the body. In 1968 he was awarded the Israel Prize . At the age of 70, Agranat retired as a judge in 1976.
literature
- Pnina Lahav: `` Judgment in Jerusalem: Chief Justice Simon Agranat and the Zionist Century. '' Berkeley (California) 1997, ISBN 0-520-20595-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary: Shimon Agranat. August 18, 1992, accessed May 9, 2020 .
- ^ Agranat, Shimon | Cardozo Israeli Supreme Court Project. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agranate, Shimon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli judge, President of the Supreme Court of Israel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville , Kentucky , United States of America |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1992 |