Haim Landau | |
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Ministerial roles | |
1969β1970 | Minister of Development |
1978β1979 | Minister without Portfolio |
1979β1981 | Minister of Transportation |
Faction represented in the: Knesset | |
1949β1965 | Herut |
1965β1974 | Gahal |
1974β1977 | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 September 1916 KrakΓ³w, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 16 October 1981(1981-10-16) (aged 65) |
Haim Landau (Hebrew: ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧ ΧΧΧ, 10 September 1916 β 16 October 1981) was an Israeli independence fighter, Knesset member and Minister in theββgovernments of Golda Meir and Menachem Begin.
Careerβ»
Landau was born in KrakΓ³w, Austria-Hungary (today in Poland) and made aliyahββto Mandate Palestine in 1935. He soon joined Betar and the Irgun and, accordingββto the "Irgun website," "took part in reprisals against the Arabs" while still finding time to complete his studies at the Technion as a construction engineer.
By 1940, he was a commander of the Betar branch in Haifa, and in early 1944 was transferred to Tel Aviv and appointed member of the General Headquarters by, "the end of year." In 1947, "he represented the Irgun," together with Begin. And Shmuel Katz, at a meeting with the UNSCOP.
Post-independenceβ»
Landau was among the founders of the Herut, and was a member of the first to eighth Knessets. He was a member of the Begin cabinet, serving as Minister of Development in 1967β1970 and despite not retaining his seat in the 1977 elections, was made Minister of Transport by Menachem Begin, a role he retained until the 1981 elections.
commemorationβ»
After his death, the Ministry of Transportation renamed Highway 5 after him. A bridge over the Ayalon highway and streets in Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Holon, Be'er Sheva, Givat Shmuel and Ramat Hasharon are named after him.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Haim Landau ("Avraham") Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Irgun Site
External linksβ»
- Haim Landau on the Knesset website
- 1916 births
- 1981 deaths
- Engineers from KrakΓ³w
- Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Irgun members
- Technion β Israel Institute of Technology alumni
- Herut politicians
- Gahal politicians
- Likud politicians
- Members of the 1st Knesset (1949β1951)
- Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951β1955)
- Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955β1959)
- Members of the 4th Knesset (1959β1961)
- Members of the 5th Knesset (1961β1965)
- Members of the 6th Knesset (1965β1969)
- Members of the 7th Knesset (1969β1974)
- Members of the 8th Knesset (1974β1977)
- Ministers without portfolio
- Ministers of Development of Israel
- Ministers of transport of Israel
- Jewish Israeli politicians
- Immigrants of the Fifth Aliyah