Yosef Sapir | |
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יוסף ספיר | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 1952 | Minister of Health |
| 1952–1955 | Minister of Transportation |
| 1967–1969 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 1969–1970 | Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1949–1961 | General Zionists |
| 1961–1965 | Liberal Party |
| 1965–1972 | Gahal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 January 1902 |
| Died | 26 February 1972(1972-02-26) (aged 70) |
| Resting place | Segula Cemetery,Petah Tikva, Israel[1] |
Yosef Sapir (Hebrew:יוסף ספיר; January 27, 1902 – February 26, 1972) was an Israeli politician andKnesset member of the 1st to 7th Knessets. He served as head of theGeneral Zionists and was a founding member of theGahal party.[2]
Sapir was born inJaffa in 1902, then under theOttoman Empire, into a family ofcitrus growers. His father,Jerusalem-born Eliyahu Sapir (1869-1911), had served as an educator in the first school inPetah Tikva, as well as the general manager of the main branch of theBank Leumi in Jaffa. His grandfather, RabbiYaakov Sapir (1822-1886), had come toOttoman Palestine fromAshmyany in theRussian Empire (present-dayBelarus) in 1832 with his family, and became a leadingethnographer and researcher of Hebrew manuscripts.
Between 1940 and 1951 he served as the mayor ofPetah Tikva, where a major street (part of Road 481) is named after him. Shortly after his tenure, at the end of 1952, Sapir joined the national government asHealth Minister, later going on to become theMinister of Transportation between 1952 and 1955.[3]
Sapir served as aMinister without Portfolio inLevi Eshkol's emergency government formed on the eve of theSix-Day War. He assumed the post ofMinister of Trade and Industry inGolda Meir's government, until Gahal left the coalition on 6 August 1970.[2]
Sapir died while on assignment in Australia in 1972.
Karmei Yosef, acommunity settlement founded in 1984 betweenRamle andBeit Shemesh, is named in his honor.[4]
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