# Jewish heads of state/government

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613 "2007-12-29T18:31:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613/63 "2022-03-25T20:51:52Z")

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And, with the blessing of some FQ mods, I’ve moved that side discussion to its own thread:

> [@Who is a Jew? (removed from thread on Jewish heads of state)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-jew-removed-from-thread-on-jewish-heads-of-state/961719):
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> Puzzlegal: This thread started out as a side discussion here: Puzzlegal: There was discussion as to “how Jewish is President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s current head of state?”, and it led to this digression. As there seemed to be a lot of interest in this, it is now its own thread. Everything above this point was added by me, Puzzlegal, for context. Below this sentence is a post made by Alessan. That’s because Jews don’t make that distinction, either. As far as most Jews are concerned, …

Please stick to the narrow topic described in the OP for this thread.

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