Yoram Aridor
Joram Aridor ( born October 24, 1933, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli politician and a former minister.
Biography
After education at Tel Aviv high school, he earned a degree in economics, political science and law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He then worked as a lawyer.
His political career began with his election to the Knesset on 17 November 1969 where he represented the interests of Herut and then Likud from 1974 to 21 November 1988. From January 1974 to June 1977 he was not only Chairman of the Committee for Internal Affairs and the Environment, but also chairman of the Subcommittee on fundamental rights. At times, he was also chairman of the fractions of the Herut and Likud Chairman and the Secretariat of the Herut.
On June 4, 1977, he was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Menachem Begin to the cabinet. On January 5, 1981, he was appointed by Begin to Communications Minister and the Finance Minister January 21, 1981 at the same time. This office he retained also in the subsequent government of Yitzhak Shamir until his resignation because of the cost of the invasion of Lebanon, his failure in the attempt to dollarization due to the weak exchange rate of the shekel, the government deficit and the growing inflation on 15 October 1983.
Between 1990 and 1992 he was ambassador to the United Nations (UN). He was appointed by Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin chairman of the board of the state communications company Bezeq 2002. Eventually, he became chairman of the so-called Aridor Commission, a state commission to support public institutions in February.
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