- Yohanan Cohen
MKs
Date of birth = Birth date and age|1917|12|31|df=y
Place of birth =Łódź ,Russian Empire
Year of Aliyah = 1937
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 3rd
Party = Progressive Party
Former parties =
Gov't roles =Yohanan Cohen ( _he. יוחנן כהן, born
31 December 1917 ) is a formerIsrael i politician and diplomat.Biography
Born in
Łódź (then part of theRussian Empire , though occupied byGermany at the time), Cohen attended high school inPoland before and was active in theZionist Youth group, before immigrating to Mandate Palestine in 1937.He joined the
Hagana in 1938, and served as a member of the Jewish Settlement police between 1941 and 1944. During the1948 Arab-Israeli War he served as a Captain in the 19thGolani Brigade , and later served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the reserves.Following Israeli independence, Cohen became a member of the
Histadrut 's organising committee, and was also a director of the secretariat of the World Zionist Youth group between 1952 and 1954.A member of the Progressive Party, he was a member of the party's directorate and political committee. Whilst he was never elected to the
Knesset , he served for two years between 1957 and 1959 as a replacement forYeshayahu Forder .He began working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1960, initially in the information department. In 1963 he was sent to Boston where he served as Conulate General. In 1968 he returned to Israel to become Director of the information department, and in 1970 became director of the Eastern Europe department.
In 1973 Cohen was appointed ambassador to
Romania , moving to the same position inFinland in 1976. He returned to Israel in 1979, and in 190 became Director of the History Department, a position he held until 1983.Bibliography
*cite book|year=1989|title=Small nations in times of crisis & confrontation|publisher=State University of New York Press|id=ISBN 0-7914-0018-2
*"The Key is in the Hands of the Arabs" (1962) (Hebrew)
*"The Growth of the Zionist Movement" (1976) (Hebrew)
*"The Testing of Nations" (1985) (Hebrew)External links
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