Nahum Nir
Nahum Nir | |
|---|---|
Nir in 1956 | |
| Speaker of the Knesset | |
| In office 1959 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | Mapam |
| 1955–1965 | Ahdut HaAvoda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 March 1884 Warsaw, Russian Empire |
| Died | 10 July 1968 (aged 84) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Nahum Nir-Rafalkes (Hebrew: נחום ניר; 17 March 1884 – 10 July 1968) was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. He was the only Speaker of the Knesset not to have been a member of the ruling party until Benny Gantz in 2020.