Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew: יצחק שמיר, born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israelipolitician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1986–1992.^[1] Before the establishment of the state of Israel, Shamir was a leader of the Zionist paramilitary group Lehi. After the establishment of the Israeli state he served in the Mossadbetween 1955 and 1965, a Knesset Member, a Knesset Speaker and a Foreign Affairs Minister. Shamir was the country’s third longest-serving prime minister after David Ben-Gurion and Benjamin Netanyahu.^[2]