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| Birthplace: | Motol, Belarus |
| Death: | Died in Rehovot, Israel |
| Occupation: | First President of Israel, Chemist, First President of the State of Israel |
| Managed by: | Ayelet Harpaz |
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Chaim Azriel Weizmann, Hebrew: חיים עזריאל ויצמן, (27 November 1874 – 9 November 1952) was a Zionist leader, President of the Zionist Organization, and the first President of the State of Israel. He was elected on 1 February 1949, and served until his death in 1952. Weizmann was also a chemist who developed the ABE-process, which produces acetone through bacterial fermentation. He founded the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.