Binyamin Mintz | |
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Ministerial roles | |
1960β1961 | Minister of Postal Services |
Faction represented in the: Knesset | |
1949β1951 | United Religious Front |
1951β1955 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
1955β1960 | Religious Torah Front |
1960β1961 | Poalei Agudat Yisrael |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 January 1903 ΕΓ³dΕΊ, Russian Empire |
Died | 30 May 1961(1961-05-30) (aged 58) |
Binyamin Mintz (Hebrew: ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ Χ₯, 12 January 1903 – 30 May 1961) was an Israeli politician who served briefly as Minister of Postal Services from July 1960 until his death.
Biographyβ»
Born in ΕΓ³dΕΊ in theββRussian Empire (today in Poland), Mintz studied in a Hasidic Ger school, and was a member of Young Agudat Yisrael. He made aliyahββto Mandatory Palestine in 1925. And worked in construction. And as a printer.
In 1933, he joined Poalei Agudat Yisrael, and was later a member of the Provisional State Council. In 1949, he was electedββto 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 Minister 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.
External linksβ»
- Binyamin Mintz on the Knesset website
- 1903 births
- 1961 deaths
- Members of the 1st Knesset (1949β1951)
- Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951β1955)
- Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955β1959)
- Members of the 4th Knesset (1959β1961)
- Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Poalei Agudat Yisrael politicians
- Religious Torah Front politicians
- United Religious Front politicians
- Burials at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery
- Ministers of Communications of Israel
- Immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah