Haim Yosef Zadok
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Born | Rava-Ruska, Austria-Hungary | 2 October 1913
Died | 15 August 2002 Germany | (aged 88)
Haim Yosef Zadok (Hebrew: חיים יוסף צדוק, born Haim Wilkenfeld; 2 October 1913 – 15 August 2002) was an Israeli jurist and politician.
Early life
Zadok was born in 1913 in Rava-Ruska in Eastern Galicia in Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine). He studied philosophy and Jewish studies at the University of Warsaw. He was a member of the Gordonia youth movement in Poland and in the "Poale Zion Federation" Party.
In 1935, he
Career
In 1958 he was elected to the
In 1974 he became
His tenure as Minister of Justice saw investigations of senior figures in the Israeli economy and Israeli politics, including the
From 1978 to 1980 he was a lecturer at the
He was a member of many public committees, including the Shamgar Commission, which considered the definition of the role and appointment of the Attorney-General, and he chaired committees that considered the regulation of police activity, the religious councils and the press..
Zadok died in 2002 of a heart attack during a trip to Germany.[7] He was given the Israel Democracy Institute Award by the IDI.[8] He was cited as one of the Labor Party's greatest leaders by Yossi Sarid and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.[7]
Publications
- “Law and Government”, edited with Abraham Ben Naftali (1971) (in Hebrew)
- “Issues in Government in Israel” (1978) (in Hebrew)
References
- ^ a b c "Zadok, Haim Joseph". The Israeli Labor movement (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b c d e "Haim J. Zadok". The Israel Democracy Institute. 2002-07-23. Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ISBN 978-0-674-24313-2.
- ^ "World". Time. 1986-07-07. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the originalon October 24, 2012. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "The Zadok commission". The Seventh Eye (in Hebrew). 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ a b "Former Justice Minister Haim Zadok died". Ynet (in Hebrew). 2002-08-15. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "The Israel Democracy Institute Mourns the Passing of Haim Zadok". The Israel Democracy Institute. 2002-08-18. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
External links
- Haim Yosef Zadok on the Knesset website
- "Zadok & Co. Advocates". Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-06-19.