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Yitzhak Shamir's wife Shulamit mourned

August 1, 2011 08:22
Shulamit and Yitzhak Shamir

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

The wife of Israel's seventh prime minister has died at the age of 88.

Shulamit Shamir, who was born in Bulgaria in 1923, is survived by her husband Yitzhak.

He led Israel for two separate terms as prime minister, between 1983 and 1984 and between 1986 and 1992.

The Shamirs married in 1944 after meeting in the detention camp they had been placed in by the authorities in charge of British mandate Palestine. She later joined the Lehi underground movement and was involved in Israel's struggle for independence.

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