{"id":"yigal-allon","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yigal-allon","language":"en","name":"Yigal Allon","name_en":"Yigal Allon","name_ne":null,"description":"Israeli politician, general, acting prime minister of Israel (1918–1980)","headline":"Israeli politician, general, acting prime minister of Israel (1918–1980)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Yigal Allon was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaAvoda and Israeli Labor parties. He served briefly as acting Prime Minister of Israel between the death of Levi Eshkol and the appointment of Golda Meir in 1969. Allon was the first non-European-born Israeli to serve as Prime Minister of Israel. He was a government minister from the third Knesset to the ninth inclusive.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"10 October 1918","date":"1918-10-10"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kfar Tavor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1186956"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"29 February 1980","date":"1980-02-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Afula","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q152462"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Israel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q801"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"military personnel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47064"},{"text":"military officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189290"},{"text":"soldier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4991371"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Israeli Labor Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210703"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"St Antony's College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2035359"},{"text":"Kadoorie Agricultural High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2890926"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Ruth Allon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107018712"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Knesset member (13 June 1977 – 29 February 1980)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1977-06-13","end":"1980-02-29"},{"text":"Knesset member (21 January 1974 – 13 June 1977)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1974-01-21","end":"1977-06-13"},{"text":"Knesset member (17 November 1969 – 21 January 1974)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1969-11-17","end":"1974-01-21"},{"text":"Prime Minister of Israel (26 February 1969 – 17 March 1969)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208487","start":"1969-02-26","end":"1969-03-17"},{"text":"Knesset member (28 January 1969 – 17 November 1969)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1969-01-28","end":"1969-11-17"},{"text":"Deputy Prime Minister of Israel (1 July 1968 – 10 March 1974)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7040859","start":"1968-07-01","end":"1974-03-10"},{"text":"Knesset member (23 January 1968 – 28 January 1969)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1968-01-23","end":"1969-01-28"},{"text":"Knesset member (22 November 1965 – 23 January 1968)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1965-11-22","end":"1968-01-23"},{"text":"Knesset member (4 September 1961 – 22 November 1965)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1961-09-04","end":"1965-11-22"},{"text":"Knesset member (30 November 1959 – 25 October 1960)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1959-11-30","end":"1960-10-25"},{"text":"Knesset member (15 August 1955 – 30 November 1959)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4047513","start":"1955-08-15","end":"1959-11-30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Allon","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Yigal Allon born?","a":"Yigal Allon was born on 10 October 1918 in Kfar Tavor."},{"q":"What positions has Yigal Allon held?","a":"Positions held by Yigal Allon include: Knesset member (1977–1980); Knesset member (1974–1977); Knesset member (1969–1974); Prime Minister of Israel (1969–1969); Knesset member (1969–1969)."},{"q":"Where did Yigal Allon study?","a":"Yigal Allon was educated at St Antony's College, Kadoorie Agricultural High School."}],"related":[{"name":"Benjamin Netanyahu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/benjamin-netanyahu"},{"name":"Golda Meir","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/golda-meir"},{"name":"David Ben-Gurion","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-ben-gurion"},{"name":"Shimon Peres","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/shimon-peres"},{"name":"Ariel Sharon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ariel-sharon"},{"name":"Yitzhak Rabin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yitzhak-rabin"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/yigal-allon-95275d9811.jpg","width":500,"height":748,"license":"Public domain","credit":null,"page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Yigal_Allon.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Yigal Allon","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Allon","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q319015","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319015","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Portrait of Yigal Allon.jpg (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Yigal_Allon.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Yigal Allon, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Portrait of Yigal Allon.jpg, Public domain.","cite":"\"Yigal Allon\". DigiNepal. Last updated 12 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/yigal-allon. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-12T02:52:26Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/yigal-allon","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/yigal-allon","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/yigal-allon?lang=ne"}}