Leon Bramson (born 1869 in

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, then

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, d. March 2, 1941 in

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, France), was a Jewish activist, member of the first elected Russian Parliament in 1906-1907, then a leader and organizer of the

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. Attorney and member of the Central Committee of the League for the Attainment of Equal Rights for the Jewish People in Russia, he was elected to the 1906 First Duma elections after an electoral agreement made by the

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with the Lithuanian Labourers' Party (''

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''). He became head of the Russian ORT in 1908 and later of the World ORT when its headquarters moved to

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in 1920, and cofounded in 1922 the American ORT Federation with Aaron Syngalowski (1890–1956). At least two schools still in activity in 2009 bear his name: the

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and the Lycée Professionnel Léon Bramson ORT in Marseille.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bramson, Leon 1869 births 1941 deaths Politicians from Kaunas People from Kovensky Uyezd Lithuanian Jews Jews from the Russian Empire Folksgrupe politicians Trudoviks Popular Socialists (Russia) Members of the 1st State Duma of the Russian Empire Lawyers from the Russian Empire Jewish activists