Akiva Govrin

Gowrin Akiva (Hebrew עקיבא גוברין; born August 12, 1902 in Podolia; † 26 June 1980) was an Israeli politician who served as Member of the Mapai Tourism Minister 22 December 1964 to 12 January 1966.

Life

He was one of the founders of Hechalutz movement in Ukraine. As part of the Aliyah in 1922, he emigrated to Palestine one. In 1949 he became member of the Knesset Mapai and was re-elected in 1951, 1955, 1959 and 1961. On 1 December 1963 he was minister without portfolio, and when Levi Eshkol formed a government in December 1964, he became the first Minister of Tourism of Israel. In the elections of 1965, he was indeed re-elected, but left the Cabinet.

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