Avraham Katznelson

Israeli physician and politician (1888–1956)

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Avraham Katznelson
Katznelson in 1946

Member of the Provisional State Council
In office 1948–1949

Personal details
Born	1888 Babruysk, Russian Empire
Died	18 May 1956(1956-05-18) (aged 67–68)
Political party	Mapai

Dr Avraham Katznelson (Hebrew: אברהם קצנלסון, 1888 – 18 May 1956), later known as Avraham Nissan, was a physician and Zionist political figure in Mandate Palestine. He was a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

Biography

Katznelson was born in 1888 in Babruysk in the Russian Empire (now in Belarus). He attended Saint Petersburg University and Moscow University.^[1] During World War I he served in the Russian Army as a physician.^[1] He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1924.^[2]

A resident of Jerusalem, Katznelson became a member of the central committees of both Mapai and Hashomer Hatzair,^[3] representing the former in the Vaad Leumi and Moetzet HaAm from 1931 to 1948, and also serving as director of the health department of the Zionist Executive.^[2] As such, in 1948 he was amongst the signatories of Israel's declaration of independence, and was immediately co-opted into the Provisional State Council. He was also involved in the foundation of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which began broadcasting on the day independence was declared.

After independence, he was appointed as the first Israeli ambassador to Scandinavia,^[4] and later took a Hebrew surname, Nissan.

His sister Rachel Katznelson-Shazar was the wife of President Zalman Shazar, whilst he was the uncle of Shmuel Tamir. His niece Shulamit Katznelson was an educator,^[5] and his grandson Miko Peled a peace activist.

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^ ^a ^b Martin Gilbert (1973) Sir Horace Rumbold; Portrait of a Diplomat: 1869-1941, ISBN 9780434291977, p416
^ ^a ^b Ronald L. Eisenberg (2006) The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, why ppp279–280
^ "The Signatories of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
^ Miko Peled (2010). The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine (PDF). p. 19.
^ "Shulamith Katznelson". The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.