Peretz Naftali
Peretz Naftali | |
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Minister of Welfare | |
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| 1949–1959 | Mapai |
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| Born | 19 March 1888 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 30 April 1961 (aged 73) |
Peretz Naftali (Hebrew: פרץ נפתלי, 19 March 1888 – 30 April 1961) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.
Biography
Born Fritz Naftali in Berlin in 1888, he joined the
German Army between 1911 and 1912, after which he started to work as a journalist on economic affairs, returning to the army for a spell in 1917–18 to fight in World War I. In 1921, he became editor of the economics department of the Frankfurter Zeitung, a post he held until 1926, when he became head of the economic research department of a trade union. In 1921 he also published a book, How to read the Economic Section of the Newspaper, which was a bestseller.[1]
In 1925 he joined the Zionism movement, and in 1931 was a delegate to the Zionist Congress. He made
Assembly of Representatives
.
He was elected to the
Minister of Welfare, but lost his Knesset seat and place in the cabinet in the 1959 elections
.
Literature
- Wirtschaftsdemokratie: Ihr Wesen, Weg und Ziel. Herausgegeben im Auftrag des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes von Fritz Naphtali. Berlin: Verlagsgesellschaft des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes, GmbH.; 1928.
References
- ^ Peretz Naftali: Public activities Knesset website
External links
- Peretz Naftali on the Knesset website
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