List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations
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List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations

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№	Image	Name	Term	Title	Notes	Reason for termination

1	-	Aaron Hart	1704 – 1756	Rabbi of the Great Synagogue	Died in office

2	-	Hart Lyon	1758 – 1764	Rabbi of the Great Synagogue	Resigned

3	-	Tevele Schiff	1765 – 1766	Chief Rabbi	Rabbi appointed by the Great Synagogue

4	-	Meshullam Solomon	1765 – 1780	Chief Rabbi	Appointed in opposition by Hambro and the New Synagogues; return to Hamburg confirmed the primacy of David Tevele Schiff

5	-	Tevele Schiff	1780 – 1791	Chief Rabbi	Died in office

1791 – 1802	Post vacant

6	-	Solomon Hirschell	1802 – 1842	Chief Rabbi	Died in office

7	-	Nathan Marcus Adler	1845 – 1890	Chief Rabbi

8	-	Hermann Adler	1891 – 1911	Chief Rabbi	Appointed delegate Chief Rabbi in 1879 due to failing health of his father

9	-	Joseph Hertz	1913 – 1946	Chief Rabbi	Died in office

10	Israel Brodie	1948 – 1965	Chief Rabbi	Retired

11	-	Immanuel Jakobovits	1966 – 1991	Chief Rabbi	knighted 1981 life peer 1988	Retired

12	-	Jonathan Sacks	1991 – 2013	Chief Rabbi	knighted 2005 life peer 2009	Retired

13	-	Ephraim Mirvis	2013 – present	Chief Rabbi	Currently serving

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Sacks was inducted to serve as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations in 1991, a position he held until 2013.

final_sentence: Sacks was inducted to serve as Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations in 1991, a position he held until 2013.