June 3, 1974
Yitzhak Rabin Becomes Prime Minister
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On 3 June 1974, Yitzhak Rabin became prime minister of Israel.
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- June 3, 1974
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On this day, Yitzhak Rabin became prime minister of Israel. The Prime Minister's Office records that he was elected prime minister on 3 June 1974, after Golda Meir's government dissolved. The Nobel Foundation records that the Knesset expressed confidence in his new government on 2 June 1974.
He had returned from the ambassadorship in Washington, won a Knesset seat in December 1973, and served briefly as minister of labor.
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- Yitzhak Rabin · Prime Minister's Office · Prime Minister's Office View source
- Yitzhak Rabin — Biographical · Nobel Prize · NobelPrize.org View source
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