Zvi Lurie

Zvi Lurie (Hebrew: צבי לוריא‎‎, 1 June, 1906 – 21 May 1968) was a Jewish political figure in Mandate Palestine. A member of the Jewish National Council, he was amongst the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.
Lurie was born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland) and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1924. Lurie was a founder of kibbutz Ein Shemer and was a member of its affiliation organisation, Hashomer Hatzair, serving as its general secretary between 1935 and 1937. He was a member of the Jewish National Council on behalf of Hashomer Hatzair, and was co-opted into the Provisional State Council following Israel's declaration of independence in May 1948. He also helped establish Kol Yisrael, which broadcast the declaration.
After signing the declaration, Lurie left Israel to work on strengthening ties between Israel and the Jewish peoplewith the Jewish Agency as a representative of Mapam (of which Hashomer Hatzair was a part). He died in 1968.