After the death of Israel's first President, Chaim Weizmann in 1952, Albert Einstein was offered the Presidency of the Jewish state. But the Nobel-winning physicist declined to be President of Israel.

Albert Einstein was a man with many accomplishments. He made the famous formula that claimed mass and energy equivalence. Then, in 1921, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the law of the photoelectric effect that contributed to the whole new world of quantum physics.

What few people know is that, if he wanted to, Einstein might have added the president of Israel to his summary of achievements.

Following the establishment of Israel in 1948, and the death of Weizmann in November 1952, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, under pressure from a Jerusalem newspaper, offered the position of president to Einstein.

At that moment, the scientist was staying at Princeton University. Being President is primarily a ceremonial position in Israel, while executive power is exercised by the prime minister.

Einstein, however, declined the offer. #HistoryVille #Einstein #Shorts

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