Yosef Almogi
Yosef Aharon Almogi ( Hebrew יוסף אהרון אלמוגי* May 5, 1910 as Josef Karlenboim in Hrubieszów , Russian Empire , today Poland ; † November 2, 1991 in Haifa ) was an Israeli politician.
Life
Almogi worked for the Hagana in Kfar Saba , Tel Aviv (1936) and Haifa (1937). In 1940 he enrolled in the British Army and fought against National Socialist Germany in Greece during World War II . On April 30, 1941, he and his unit were taken prisoner by Germany .
In the post-war period he returned to Israel and worked as a politician in David Ben-Gurion's Mapai . From 1959 to 1961 he was General Secretary of Mapai. Almogi was a member of the Knesset from 1955 to 1977 and, under Ben-Gurion, Minister for Building and Housing and Development Minister from October 1962 . When Levi Eschkol became prime minister in 1963, Almogi retained both ministerial posts. In 1976 he was also chairman of the Jewish Agency .
Fonts
- Total commitment. Herzl Press, New York 1982, ISBN 0-8453-4749-7 .
literature
- Howard M Sachar: A History of Israel From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time. Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1979, ISBN 0-394-73679-6 .
Archive source
- Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem: The Office of Yosef Almogi (S85), Personal papers (AK292).
Web links
- Details of the MP on the Knesset website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Total commitment. , P. 39
- ^ Reference ( memento of September 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Jewish Agency (English), accessed on November 22, 2012
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Almogi, Yosef |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Almogi, Yosef Aharon (full name); Josef Karlenboim (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hrubieszów , Poland |
DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1991 |
Place of death | Haifa , Israel |