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Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin, the first native-born prime minister of Israel, was assassinated on November 4, 1995, by a right-wing extremist opposed to the Oslo Accords. He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize alongside Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat for his role in the peace process. Rabin also commanded Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War as Chief of Staff.