Mordechai Tzipori | |
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מרדכי צפורי | |
.jpg) Tzipori in 1983 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1981–1984 | Minister of Communications |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1977–1984 | Likud |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 September 1924 |
| Died | 29 May 2017(2017-05-29) (aged 92) Ramat Gan, Israel |
Mordechai Tzipori (Hebrew:מרדכי צפורי; 15 September 1924 – 29 May 2017) was an Israeli politician who served asMinister of Communications from 1981 until 1984.
Born Mordechai Bankovich-Hendin inPetah Tikva during theMandate era, Tzipori attended a religious school in his hometown. In 1939 he joined theIrgun, and in 1945 was arrested by the British authorities andexiled to Africa. He was interned in British detention camps inEritrea,Kenya andSudan, where he was involved in digging escape tunnels.[1]
He was sent back to Israel after its independence in 1948, and became a professional soldier, serving in theIDF from 1948 until 1976. He completed an officer's course in 1950, graduated from the IDF Command and Staff College in 1959, and studied atTel Aviv University.
Between 1962 and 1965 he was an armoured battalion commander, in 1968 he became commander of the Armour School, and deputy commander of theArmour Corps in 1971. In 1973 he was appointed Commander of Command and Staff, becoming Deputy Head of Operations in theGeneral Staff in 1974. He was demobilised in 1976 with the rank of «Tat aluf» (Brigadier general).[1]
The following year he was elected to theKnesset onLikud's list, and in June 1977 was appointed DeputyMinister of Defence. Following the1981 elections he became Minister of Communications, also serving as Deputy Defence Minister between August 1981 and October 1983. He lost his seat and place in thecabinet in the1984 elections. In the late 1980s he became Director-General of the National Insurance Institution.[1]
Tzipori died aged 92 at theSheba Medical Center in theTel HaShomer neighbourhood ofRamat Gan on 29 May 2017.[1]
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