Aharon Yadlin

MKs


Date of birth = birth date|1926|04|17
Place of birth = Ben Shemen, Mandate Palestine
Year of Aliyah =
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
Party = Alignment
Former parties = Mapai, Labor Party
Gov't roles = Minister of Education

Aharon Yadlin ( _he. אהרן ידלין, born 17 April, 1926) is a former Israeli educator and politician.

Biography

Yadlin was born in moshav Ben Shemen in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1926. He was active in the local scouting movement and served as its national coordinator. In 1946 he participated in the 11 points in the Negev project and was among the founders of kibbutz Be'eri. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he joined the Palmah.Cite web
title = Aharon Yadlin
work = The Israeli Labor Movement
accessdate = 2008-06-28
url = http://tnuathaavoda.info/zope/home/100/people/1153145206/ he icon]

From 1950 to 1952 he was a member of the executive committee of the Histadrut. He received an MA in history, economics and sociology from the Hebrew University. After the split in HaKibbutz HaMeuhad he moved to kibbutz Hatzerim. He was one of the founders of Beit Berl where he taught sociology and served as its acting director from 1955 to 1957. From 1964 to 1972 he was chairman of Mapai's public committee for youth movements.

In 1960 he was elected to the fourth Knesset and again to the fifth in 1964, and remained an MK until 1979. He was a member of the Economic Affairs, Education and Culture, Constitution, Law and Justice, Internal Affairs, and the Foreign Affairs & Defense committees. In the ninth Knesset was chairman of the Education committee. From 1964 to 1972 he was Deputy Minister of Education, and from 1972 to 1974 was secretary general of the Labor Party. From 1974 to 1977 he served as Minister of Education. He set in motion a long school day program in development towns and poverty stricken areas.

After his retirement from the Knesset in 1979 he served in several public roles, including secretary general of the United Kibbutz Movement from 1985 to 1989. He has three sons and eleven grandchildren.Cite web
last = Salzman
first = Aviva
title = Interview with Aharon Yadlin
work = Israel Teachers Union
accessdate = 2008-06-28
date = 2006-05-22
url = http://www.itu.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=6891&CategoryID=963&Page=3 he icon] One of his sons is high ranking IDF officer Amos Yadlin.

Bibliography

*The Goal and the Movement: Clarifying the Socialist Idea and its Implementation (1969) he icon
*The Jewish Component of Israeli Education (1978) he icon

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