Yitzhak Shamir (Hebrew: ???? ????, listen ; born Yitzhak Yezernitsky; October 22, 1915 – June 30, 2012) was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1986–1992.
Before the establishment of the state of Israel, Shamir was a leader of the Zionist militant group Lehi.
After the establishment of the Israeli state he served in the Mossad between 1955 and 1965, and as 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.