Yitzhak Olshan
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Yitzhak Olshan (; February 19, 1895 – February 5, 1983) was an Israeli jurist and the second President of the
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from 1954 to 1965.


Biography

Olshan was born in
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in the
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(now
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) in 1895 and
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to
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in 1912. He joined the Hagana and the
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. He studied law and oriental studies at the
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. As an attorney, he represented the
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before the British Mandate of Palestine authorities. In 1948 he was appointed a
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judge. He headed a parliamentary commission to investigate the
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' (IDF) economy and the Central Elections Committee of the second
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. In 1954 he was appointed by
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head of the inquiry commission regarding the
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with President of the Technion and former IDF Chief of Staff,
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. In 1954, he succeeded Moshe Smoira as President of the Supreme Court. He retired in 1965 and was succeeded by Shimon Agranat. He died in 1983.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olshan, Yitzhak 1895 births 1983 deaths Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Israel Lithuanian Jews Lithuanian Zionists Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire Alumni of the University of London Haganah members Jewish Legion personnel Immigrants of the Second Aliyah