Aharon Uzan
Aharon Uzan | |
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Minister of Labor & Social Welfare | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969 | Alignment |
| 1981–1984 | Tami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1924 Moknine, Tunisia |
| Died | 23 January 2007 (aged 82) |
Aharon Uzan (Hebrew: אהרן אוזן; 1 November 1924 – 23 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s.
Biography
Uzan was born in Moknine in Tunisia, and was a member of the right-wing Betar movement in his youth. After attending college in Sousse and subsequently moving to France, he emigrated to Israel in 1949, where he underwent agricultural training and joined the left-wing Mapai party. He was one of the founding members of moshav Gilat, where he would live for the rest of his life. He served as the moshav's secretary and treasurer between 1952 and 1959. In 1960 he founded the Negev Moshav Purchasing Company, and managed it until 1968. He also founded the Negev Water and Merhav transport companies.
In 1965 he was elected to the
In 1970, his son Shlomo, who served in the Israeli Navy, was killed in the War of Attrition. The Magen Shlomo Synagogue that was later built in Gilat was named for him.[1]
Between 1970 and 1973 he was secretary of the
In 1981 he left Mapai to found the new
Uzan was a member of the executive at Yad Levi Eshkol.
References
- ^ Uzan, Shlomo Izkor
- ^ American Jewish Yearbook 1984 p66
External links
- Aharon Uzan on the Knesset website
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