- Peretz Naftali
MKs
Date of birth =19 March 1888
Place of birth =Berlin ,Germany
Year of Aliyah = 1933
Date of death =30 April 1961
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Party =Mapai
Former parties =
Gov't roles =Minister without Portfolio
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Welfare|Peretz Naftali ( _he. פרץ נפתלי, born Fritz Naftali on
19 March 1888 , died30 April 1961 ) was a Zionist activist andIsrael i politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.Biography
Born in
Berlin inGermany , Naftali joined the Social Democratic Party in 1911. He served in theGerman 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 inWorld War I . In 1921 he became editor of the economics department of theFrankfurter Zeitung , a post he held until 1926, when he became head of the eonomic 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. [ [http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=529 Peretz Naftali: Public activities] Knesset website]In 1925 he had joined the Zionism movement, and in 1931 was a delegate to the Zionist Congress. He made
aliyah in 1933, initially working as a lecturer at the Technion, before becoming director general ofBank Hapoalim in 1938, a post he held until 1949. In 1941 he was elected to the Assembly of Representatives, serving until 1948.He was elected to the
Knesset in 1949 onMapai 's list. After being re-elected in 1951, he was appointedMinister without Portfolio inDavid Ben-Gurion 's government. In June 1952 he became Minister of Agriculture, a role he held until the 1955 elections, after which he reverted to being a Minister without Portfolio. In January 1959 he became Minister of Welfare, but lost his Knesset seat and place in the cabinet in the 1959 elections.References
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