Zionist General Council (ZGC; ) is the supreme institution of the Zionist movement.
The ZGC was established in 1921 following a decision reached at the 11th World Zionist Congress. It is composed of members elected at the World Zionist Congress and representatives of Zionist organizations. The council has 25–30 members. The ZGC is responsible for implementing decisions reached at the World Zionist Congress and the administration of the Zionist movement.
In 2010, Helena Glaser, President of World WIZO, was unanimously elected chairperson of the Zionist General Council at the 36th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
List of chairpeople 1921–1925: Tzvi-Peretz Hayot 1925–1933: Leo Motzkin 1935–1941: Menachem Ussishkin 1946–1949: Stephen Samuel Wise 1949–1959: Yosef Sprinzak 1959–1961: Berl Locker 1961–1968: Ya'akov Tzur 1968–1971: Ehud Avriel 1972–1978: Yitzhak Navon 1978–1982: Yitzhak Peretz 1983–2010: Rabbi Richard Hirsch 2010–Present: Helena Glaser
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