Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir

Shlomo Ben Meir Jisra'el (Hebrew שלמה - ישראל בן - מאיר, Birth Name: Shlomo - Jisra'el Rosenberg, born August 13, 1910 in Warsaw, Russian Empire, † April 4, 1971 in Israel) was an Israeli lawyer, rabbi and politician.

Life

Meir was educated at St. Isaac Elchanan Spektor Yeshiva and went as a young man in the United States, where he studied at Yeshiva University and at New York University. He was ordained as a rabbi and a doctorate in doctorate in law. He then worked until 1940 as an attorney in New York City and was a rabbi in Hartford. From 1937 to 1941 he was a member of the Board of Directors of the American branch of the Jewish National Fund, Keren Hayesod and the.

Meir emigrated to Israel in 1950 a. In the same year he became the chairman of the World Mizrachi Movement in Israel and he was chairman of the National Council. He stood on the electoral list of HaMisrachi, the political wing of the Mizrachi movement, for the elections in 1951. Meir did not win a seat, but was in the clearing process on August 14, 1952 Member of the Knesset and replaced David - Zvi Pinkas. On 5 January 1953 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Welfare and Social Services. He held that office until the government coalition on January 26, 1954 failed. Meir worked toward a merger of the Mizrachi movement and of HaPo'el haMisrachi, which was partially achieved, as the party had introduced a joint election list for the elections to the Knesset in 1955. The objective was fully achieved when the two joined forces in 1956 to the National Religious Party. In the elections to the Knesset in 1955, he could implement his mandate in the Parliament assert and served as chairman of the political department of the newly formed National Religious Party. In addition, he was on 13 January 1958 to July 1, 1958 again Deputy Minister of Welfare and Social Services. After the 1959 Knesset elections, he was again able to win a seat and was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. He held from 28 December 1959, the Office. In the elections of 1961 he was again confirmed in his office and was from the February 18, 1963 re- deputy minister of internal affairs. He was also Deputy Minister of Health in 1966 and from 24 March 1965 to the end of the government on 12 January. After re-election in 1965 and the elections in 1969, he remained Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs until his death on April 4, 1971. His seat in the Knesset was taken afterwards by his son Yehuda Ben Meir.