Dov Ben-Meir
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Born | 11 August 1927 Ciechocinek, Poland |
Died | 21 March 2020 (aged 92) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Dov Ben-Meir (
Biography
Born Dov Zucker in Ciechocinek in Poland in 1927, Ben-Meir made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1935. He attended the Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School, and later studied for a BA in economics and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In 1947 he was amongst the founders of kibbutz
A member of the Labor Party, he chaired its Tel Aviv branch from 1970 until 1976. He was also chairman of the Tel Aviv branch of the Histadrut, and from 1976 until 1983 was a member of its national management. In 1981 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam). In 1983 he became first deputy mayor of Tel Aviv. The following year he was re-elected to the Knesset, but lost his seat in the 1988 elections.
Between 1989 and 1990 he worked as an advisor on promoting ties with
References
- ^ a b Dov Ben-Meir: Public Activities Knesset website
External links
- Dov Ben-Meir on the Knesset website