Binyamin Mintz

Binyamin Mintz

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Date of birth = 12 January 1903
Place of birth = Łódź, Russian Empire
Year of Aliyah = 1925
Date of death = 30 May 1961
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Party = Agudat Israel Workers
Former parties = United Religious Front
Religious Torah Front
Gov't roles = Minister of Postal Services|

Binyamin Mintz ( _he. בנימין מינץ, born 12 January 1903, died 30 May 1961) was an Israeli politician who served briefly as Minister of Postal Services From July 1960 until his death.

Biography

Born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), Mintz studied in a hasidic Ger school and was a member of Young Agudat Israel. He made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1925, and worked in construction and as a printer.

In 1933 he joined Agudat Israel Workers, and was later a member of the Provisional State Council. In 1949 he was elected to the first Knesset on the list of the United Religious Front (an alliance of the four main religious parties). Re-elected in 1951, 1955 and 1959, he was appointed Mininster of Postal Services by David Ben-Gurion on 17 July 1960, serving until his death the following May.

The village of Yad Binyamin, established in 1962, was named in his honour.

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