Ze'ev Boim | |
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זאב בוים | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 2006 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
| 2006 | Minister of Agriculture |
| 2006–2007 | Minister of Immigrant Absorption |
| 2007–2009 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1996–2005 | Likud |
| 2005–2011 | Kadima |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-04-30)30 April 1943 Jerusalem,Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 18 March 2011(2011-03-18) (aged 67) Milwaukee,United States |
Ze'ev Boim (Hebrew:זאב בוים; 30 April 1943 – 18 March 2011) was an Israeli politician. He was the mayor ofKiryat Gat before becoming aKnesset member forLikud and laterKadima. Boim wasMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development,Minister of Housing and Construction, andMinister of Immigrant Absorption.[1]
Ze'ev Boim was born inJerusalem during theBritish Mandate era. He served as a company commander in theIsrael Defense Forces Armored Corps. He earned a BA in History andHebrew literature from theHebrew University of Jerusalem.
Boim was the principal of the Rogozin comprehensive High School inKiryat Gat.
He served as mayor of Kiryat Gat, as well as Chairman of the Municipal Environmental Quality Association ofAshkelon District; chairman of the board of directors of the Economic Company of Kiryat Gat; and chairman of the Directorate of the Inter Regional Industrial Park of Kiryat Gat andHevel Lakhish.
Boim was married, with four children. His son Amir died while serving in theIDF. Boim died of cancer in March 2011 atFroedtert Hospital inMilwaukee.[1]
In 1996, Boim was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list, serving as the party's whip, head of theNegev Lobby, and head of the Knesset Delegation to the Annual Dialogue betweenIsrael and theEuropean Parliament during his first term. After being re-elected in 1999, he served as coalition and Likud faction chairman.
He was re-elected again in 2003, and served as DeputyMinister of Defense from March 2003 until January 2006. In 2005, he defected to the newKadima party, while still retaining his ministerial position. In January 2006, he became Minister of Housing and Construction, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, serving in both positions until May. He was re-elected in 2006, and was then appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption, before returning to the Housing and Construction portfolio in 2007. Placed sixth on Kadima's list, he retained his seat in the2009 elections.
In 2004, responding to a question about terrorism andIslamic political violence, Boim remarked: "What is it about Islam as a whole, and the Palestinians in particular? Is it some form of cultural deprivation? Is it some genetic defect? There is something that defies explanation in this continued murderousness." He was criticized for this statement by many members of the government, among themMeimad leader MK RabbiMichael Melchior, who said that Boim's comment was racist and against the tenets of Judaism.[2] Boim later apologized for his remarks, saying he was speaking after a recent Palestinian attack and was overwhelmed by the scope of the bloodshed at the time.[3]
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