Ya'akov Tzur | |
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 Tzur in 1992 | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1984–1988 | Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 1988–1990 | Minister of Health |
| 1992–1996 | Minister of Agriculture |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1981–1991 | Alignment |
| 1991–1992 | Labor Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1937-04-04)4 April 1937 (age 88) |
Ya'akov Tzur (Hebrew:יעקב צור; born 4 April 1937) is an Israeli former politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the 1980s and 1990s.
Born Ya'akov Steinberg in Haifa during theMandate era, Tzur studied bible and history at theHebrew University of Jerusalem. Between 1955 and 1957 he was part of theYotvata settlement group, and in 1957 became a member of kibbutzNetiv HaLamed-Heh.[1] He worked as a teacher in schools inGivat Brenner andKfar Menachem, before serving as director of the education department ofHaKibbutz HaMeuhad between 1972 and 1974. In 1976 he became the movement's secretary, overseeing its 1979 merger into theUnited Kibbutz Movement (of which he served as secretary until 1981).
In 1981 hewas elected to theKnesset on theAlignment list.Re-elected in 1984, he was appointedMinister of Immigrant Absorption. Following the1988 elections he becameMinister of Health, serving until the Alignment withdrew from the government in March 1990.[1]
Although he lost his seat in the1992 elections, he was appointedMinister of Agriculture inYitzhak Rabin's government, serving until 1996.
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