Moshe Kol

Moshe Kol (Hebrew מֹשֶׁה קוֹל, as Moshe Kolodny Hebrew מֹשֶׁה קוֹלוֹדְנִי, born May 28, 1911 in Pinsk, Russian Empire; † July 7, 1989 in Israel ) is an Israeli politician who was both Minister of Tourism ( 12 January 1966 - June 20, 1977 ) and Minister of Development (January 12, 1966 - December 15, 1969 ) was.

Life

He attended a cheder and a Jewish secondary school in Pinsk. As a Zionist activist, he was among the founders of the Polish-Jewish youth movement HaOwed HaZioni (Hebrew העובד הציוני, lit. Zionist The working people ).

In 1932, he immigrated to Palestine. On May 15, 1948, he was one of the signers of the Israeli Declaration of Independence and was a member of the Provisional State Council. He was also among the founders of the Miflaga Progresivit.

In July 1951 he was Member of the Knesset, but resigned six weeks later. After the elections in 1959, he was again Knesset and shortly thereafter became a deputy of the party Miflaga Liberalit Jisra'elit, which came about as a merger of the Miflaga Progresivit and the general Zionists.

In the elections of 1961 he retained his seat as though a party merger with Menachem Begin 's Herut was imminent, he parted with other party members from the Miflaga Liberalit Jisra'elit to establish the Libralim Atzma'im. After the elections in 1965, he was appointed to the Tourism and Development Ministers on 12 January 1966 as deputy of the Libralim Atzma'im. After the elections in 1969 and 1973, he was again Minister of Tourism. When, after the elections, the party remained only one seat, he lost on June 20, 1977 his ministerial post. After leaving the Knesset, he edited publications on Israeli society and its Foreign Affairs.