Meir Shamgar

(1925- )

Born in Danzig in 1925.

Studied history and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and law at the Government Law School of London University.
Served in the Israel Defense Forces, attaining the rank of Brig.-Gen.

1961-68 Military Advocate General.
1961-68 Member of the Bar Association.
1964 Executive member of the International Society of Military Law and the Laws of War.
1968 Appointed to the additional post of Legal Adviser to the Defense Ministry.
1967-68 Created the legal framework of the Israeli military government in the administered territories.
1968-75 Attorney-General of Israel.
1975 Appointed Justice of the Supreme Court.
1980 Executive member of the Open University.
1983-95 President of the Supreme Court.
1987 Received degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
1994 Chaired Commission of Inquiry into Hebron massacre.
1996 Chaired Commission of Inquiry into murder of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.