David-Zvi Pinkas
David-Zvi Pinkas | |
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Minister of Transport | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
| 1951–1952 | Mizrachi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1895 Sopron, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 14 August 1952 (aged 56) |
David-Zvi Pinkas (
Minister of Transport
.
Biography
Born in
In 1923 he was a delegate to the thirteenth Zionist congress, and two years later
Bank Mizrahi in 1932, the same year in which he was elected to Tel Aviv city council. Three years later he was appointed head of the city's education department.[1]
Political career
In 1944 he became a member of the
Arab-Israeli War
, he was one of the leaders of the security committee.
Following independence, Pinkas assumed membership of the
first elections in 1949 he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the United Religious Front, an alliance of Agudat Yisrael, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Mizrachi (Pinkas' party) and Hapoel HaMizrachi
, and served as chairman of the influential finance committee. In 1950, he was also elected Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv.
In the 1951 elections Mizrachi ran alone, and Pinkas retained his seat, though the party won only two mandates. He was appointed Minister of Transport, and remained chairman of the finance committee. In his role as Minister of Transport, Pinkas stopped public transport from operating on Shabbat.
Death
In June 1952, a bomb was left on his doorstep by
Ramat Pinkas
was named after him.
References
- ^ a b c d David-Zvi Pinkas Knesset
- ^ Murder on Rothschild Boulevard Haaretz, 16 July 2009
External links
- David-Zvi Pinkas on the Knesset website
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