Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi

Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi (1951)

Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi ( Hebrew ישראל ישעיהו שרעבי; born April 20, 1908 in Sa'da , Yemen ; died June 20, 1979 in Jerusalem ) was an Israeli politician who was temporarily Minister of Post and President of the Knesset for several years .

Life

Yeshayahu initially received religious education in the cheder and acquired his further knowledge of economics , literature and sociology by attending courses. In the Kingdom of Yemen he was an active member of the anti-Gurian Dor-Daim movement .

After immigrating to the British-administered Palestine Mandate in 1929, he joined the Histadrut , the umbrella organization of the Israeli trade unions , and was head of the department for Yemeni Jews and oriental immigrants there between 1934 and 1948 .

After the establishment of the State of Israel, Yeshayahu, who was also a member of the Tel Aviv Workers' Council, was responsible for the immigration of Jews from Yemen from 1948 to 1952. He traveled in 1949 to Aden to the Operation Magic Carpet to organize. In addition to his work as deputy secretary of the government and commissioner for communication between the government and the Knesset from 1948 to 1949, he was also a delegate of the Zionist congresses and a member of the Asefat HaNivharim .

On February 12, 1951, he became a member of the Knesset for the first time and was a member of the Knesset as a representative of the Mapai and later of the Avoda for more than a quarter of a century until June 13, 1977. During his long membership in parliament he was a member of several committees.

After he had been Deputy President of the Knesset since August 1955, he became Minister of Post in the government of Prime Minister Levi Eschkol on January 2, 1967 and also held this office in the subsequent government of Prime Minister Golda Meir until December 15, 1969.

After working as Secretary General of the Avodah of years 1971 and 1972 was on April 5, 1972 as a successor to Reuven Barkat spokesman for the Knesset ( Speaker of the Knesset ) and remained in this position until his retirement from Parliament on 1977. From 1972 to 1974 he was also chairman of the main committee and the special committee on the law on the ombudsman .

Web links

• Yisrael Yeshayahu-Sharabi. In: Knesset Members. Knesset , accessed March 26, 2014 .