Zionist General Council (ZGC) ( he, הוועד הפועל הציוני) (HaVa'ad HaPoel HaTzioni) is the supreme institution of the

Zionist movement Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Jew ...

. The ZGC was established in 1921 following a decision reached at the 11th World Zionist Congress. It is composed of members elected at the World Zionist Congress and representatives of Zionist organizations. The council has 25–30 members. The ZGC is responsible for implementing decisions reached at the World Zionist Congress and the administration of the Zionist movement. In 2010, Helena Glaser, President of World

WIZO The Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO; he, ויצו ') is a volunteer organization dedicated to social welfare in all sectors of Israeli society, the advancement of the status of women, and Jewish education in Israel and the Diasp ...

, was unanimously elected chairperson of the Zionist General Council at the 36th World Zionist Congress in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

.Helena Glaser elected as Chairperson of Zionist General Council
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Past chairmen

* 1921–1925: Tzvi-Peretz Hayot * 1925–1933:

Leo Motzkin Leo Motzkin (also ''Mozkin''; 1867 – 7 November 1933) was a Ukrainian Zionist leader. A leader of the World Zionist Congress and numerous Jewish and Zionist organizations, Motzkin was a key organizer of the Jewish delegation to the 1919 Paris Pe ...

* 1935–1941:

Menachem Ussishkin Menachem Ussishkin (russian: Авраам Менахем Мендл Усышкин ''Avraham Menachem Mendel Ussishkin'', he, מנחם אוסישקין) (August 14, 1863 – October 2, 1941) was a Russian-born Zionism, Zionist leader and head ...

* 1946–1949:

Stephen Samuel Wise Stephen Samuel Wise (March 17, 1874 – April 19, 1949) was an early 20th-century American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader in the Progressive Era. Born in Budapest, he was an infant when his family immigrated to New York. He followed his father ...

* 1949–1959:

Yosef Sprinzak Yosef Sprinzak ( he, יוֹסֵף שְׁפְּרִינְצָק; ) was a leading Zionist activist in the first half of the 20th century, an Israeli politician, and the first Speaker of the Knesset, a role he held from 1949 until his death in 1959. ...

* 1959–1961:

Berl Locker Berl Locker ( he, ברל לוקר; born 27 April 1887, died 1 February 1972) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. Biography Born in Kriwiec in Austria-Hungary, Locker was educated at a Jewish school. In 1902 he began contributing to th ...

* 1961–1968:

Ya'akov Tzur Ya'akov Tzur ( he, יעקב צור, born Ya'akov Steinberg on 4 April 1937) is a former Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the 1980s and 1990s. Biography Born in Haifa during the Mandate era, Tzur studied bible and h ...

* 1968–1971:

Ehud Avriel Ehud Avriel ( he, אהוד אבריאל; born Georg Überall, 1917 – 27 August 1980) was an Israeli diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1955 and 1957. Biography Born in Vienna in Austria-Hungary, Avr ...

* 1972–1978:

Yitzhak Navon Yitzhak Rachamim Navon ( he, יצחק נבון; 9 April 1921 – 6 November 2015) was an Israeli politician, diplomat, playwright, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1983 as a member of the centre-left ...

* 1978-1982: Yitzhak Peretz * 1983–2010: Rabbi Richard Hirsch

References

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