Zevulun Hammer
Zevulun Hammer | |
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Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre | |
1984–1998 | National Religious Party |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 May 1936 Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | 20 January 1998 Jerusalem, Israel | (aged 61)
Zevulun Hammer (
Deputy Prime Minister
.
Biography
Hammer was born in
Israeli Armored Corps in a Nahal programme. He graduated from Bar-Ilan University with a BA in Judaism and Bible, as well as a teaching certificate and worked as a teacher. At the university, he headed the Student Union and was a member of the Presidium of the Israeli Students Association and the World Union of Jewish Students
.
Political career
Hammer was first elected to the Knesset in 1969 as a member of the National Religious Party. He became Deputy Minister of Education and Culture in January 1973. In November 1975 he was appointed Minister of Welfare, but in December 1976 his party resigned from the cabinet
After the
Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre
; however, they returned to the NRP after two weeks.
In October 1986 he became
Deputy Prime Minister. In August 1997 he was also appointed Minister of Religious Affairs.[1]
Death
At age 61, Hammer was diagnosed with cancer and died in office on 20 January 1998, leaving a wife and four children. He was buried in the Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery.
References
- ^ Zevulon Hammer: Government Roles Knesset website
External links
- Zevulun Hammer on the Knesset website