Back مائير ديزنغوف Arabic مائير ديزنجوف ARZ مێیر دیزنگۆف CKB Me'ir Dizengoff Czech Meir Dizengoff Welsh Meir Dizengoff German Meir Dizengoff Esperanto Meir Dizengoff Spanish مئیر دیزنگوف Persian Meïr Dizengoff French
Meir Dizengoff | |
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| 1st Mayor of Tel Aviv | |
| In office 1921–1925 | |
| Succeeded by | David Bloch-Blumenfeld |
| 3rd Mayor of Tel Aviv | |
| In office 1927 – 23 September 1936[1] | |
| Preceded by | David Bloch-Blumenfeld |
| Succeeded by | Moshe Chelouche |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Meer Yankelevich Dizengof 25 February 1861 Ekimovtsy, Bessarabia |
| Died | 23 September 1936 (aged 75) Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Political party | General Zionists |
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Meir Dizengoff (Hebrew: מֵאִיר דִּיזֶנְגּוֹף; born Meer Yankelevich Dizengof [Russian: Меер Янкелевич Дизенгоф]; 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionist leader and politician and the founder and first mayor of Tel Aviv (1911–1922 as head of town planning, 1922–1936 as mayor). Dizengoff's actions in Ottoman Palestine and the British Mandate for Palestine helped lead to the creation of the State of Israel. David Ben-Gurion declared Israeli independence in 1948 at Dizengoff's residence in Tel Aviv. Dizengoff House is now Israel's Independence Hall.