Binyamin Mintz
Binyamin Mintz | |
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Minister of Postal Services | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
| 1951–1955 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| 1955–1960 | Religious Torah Front |
| 1960–1961 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1903 Łódź, Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 May 1961 (aged 58) |
Binyamin Mintz (
Minister of Postal Services
from July 1960 until his death.
Biography
Born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), Mintz studied in a Hasidic Ger school, and was a member of Young Agudat Yisrael. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1925, and worked in construction and as a printer.
In 1933, he joined
first Knesset on the list of the United Religious Front (an alliance of the four main religious parties). Re-elected in 1951, 1955, and 1959, he was appointed Minister of Postal Services by David Ben-Gurion
on 17 July 1960, serving until his death the following May.
The village of Yad Binyamin, established in 1962, was named in his honour.
External links
- Binyamin Mintz on the Knesset website
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