World Zionist Congress

History

The Zionist Congress, later to become the World Zionist Congress, was held at intervals of 1 year (1897–1901), then 2 years (1903–1939) until the outbreak of the Second World War, with an eight-year break (1913–1921) due to the First World War.

Number	Name	City	Country	Year
1	First Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1897
2	Second Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1898
3	Third Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1899
4	Fourth Zionist Congress	London	United Kingdom	1900
5	Fifth Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1901
6	Sixth Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1903
7	Seventh Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1905
8	Eighth Zionist Congress	The Hague	Netherlands	1907
9	Ninth Zionist Congress	Hamburg	German Empire	1909
10	Tenth Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1911
11	Eleventh Zionist Congress	Vienna	Austria-Hungary	1913
12	Twelfth Zionist Congress	Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)	Czechoslovakia	1921
13	Thirteenth Zionist Congress	Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary)	Czechoslovakia	1923
14	Fourteenth Zionist Congress	Vienna	Austria	1925
15	Fifteenth Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1927
16	Sixteenth Zionist Congress	Zürich	Switzerland	1929
17	Seventeenth Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1931
18	Eighteenth Zionist Congress	Prague	Czechoslovakia	1933
19	Nineteenth Zionist Congress	Lucerne	Switzerland	1935
20	Twentieth Zionist Congress	Zürich	Switzerland	1937
21	Twenty-first Zionist Congress	Geneva	Switzerland	1939
22	Twenty-second Zionist Congress	Basel	Switzerland	1946
23	Twenty-third Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1951
24	Twenty-fourth Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1956
25	Twenty-fifth Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1960
26	Twenty-sixth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1964
27	Twenty-seventh World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1968
28	Twenty-eighth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1972
29	Twenty-ninth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1978
30	Thirtieth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1982
31	Thirty-first World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1987
32	Thirty-second World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1992
33	Thirty-third World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	1997
34	Thirty-fourth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	2003
35	Thirty-fifth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	2006
36	Thirty-sixth World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	2010
37	Thirty-seventh World Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	2015
38	Thirty-eighth world Zionist Congress	Jerusalem	Israel	2020

See also

• Biltmore Conference, 1942

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