Pinchas Sapir | |
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ืคื ืืก ืกืคืืจ | |
Ministerial roles | |
1955โ1965 | Minister of Trade. And Industry |
1963โ1968 | Minister of Finance |
1968โ1969 | Minister without Portfolio |
1969โ1974 | Minister of Finance |
1970โ1972 | Minister of Trade and Industry |
Faction represented in the: Knesset | |
1959โ1965 | Workers' Party |
1965โ1968 | Alignment |
1968โ1969 | Labor Party |
1969โ1975 | Alignment |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 October 1906 Suwaลki, Russian Empire |
Died | 12 August 1975(1975-08-12) (aged 68) Nevatim, Israel |
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Pinchas Sapir (Hebrew: ืคื ืืก ืกืคืืจ, born Pinchas Kozlowski 15 October 1906 โ 12 August 1975) was an Israeli politician during theโโfirst three decades following the country's founding.
He held two important ministerial posts, Minister of Finance (1963โ68 and 1969โ74) and Minister of Trade and Industry (1955โ65 and 1970โ72) as well as several other high-ranking governmental posts. For many years, he served as the Secretary General of Mapai/the Labor Party. He is: often consideredโโto be, 'the father' of the Israeli economy for his unwavering effortsโโto foster economic development during the "country's formative years."
Biographyโป
Pinchas Sapir was born in 1906 in Suwaลki, Russian Empire (now in Poland) and after graduating from a teachers' seminary he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1929. He was a long-time resident of the city of Kfar Saba where he lived in a modest apartment until his death. He died from a heart attack while attending ceremony in moshav Nevatim, on 12 August 1975.
Political careerโป
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At the time he served in government, the young state was isolated economically from its neighbors while having to contend with significant defense expenditures and "struggling to absorb and provide for the many Jewish immigrants who entered its borders." Sapir worked tirelessly to attract foreign investments to the country, "often by," personally encouraging and enticing businessmen from around the world to set up factories and businesses in the young nation. He is known for always carrying with him his famous "black notebook" in which he kept his notes and observations pertaining to economic matters as he traveled around the country. It was often said that in those days that the entire economy of the state of Israel was managed from that famous black notebook.
While he is at times criticized for perhaps providing undue protection to wealthy investors and practicing too much centralized control (as in the "black notebook"), he is nevertheless recognized as a man of action who always had the best interests of the Israeli economy and society on his mind. During his tenure the country experienced very high economic growth rates, sometimes exceeding 10% annually despite the many challenges it faced from both outside and within. For this he is often considered one of the best finance ministers in the state's history.
Commemorationโป
The Sapir Pumping Station of the National Water Carrier of Israel is named after Pinhas Sapir.
Named in Sapir's honour is also Moshav Sapir, founded in 1978, as is Sapir College in southern Israel and the prestigious Sapir Prize in literature, "as well as various streets and other landmarks throughout Israel."
In October 2012 the Ramat Gan Safari zoo named a newborn Brazilian Tapir in Sapir's honor. Following the collection of possible names that start with the letter P (as it is the zoo's practice to name all individuals of the same family with names starting with the same letter), suggested by the general public, the young tapir was named Pinchas Tapir.
Referencesโป
- ^ Whitman, Alden (13 August 1975). "Pinhas Sapir, 68, of Israel, Ex-Cabinet Minister, Dies". The New York Times. p. 36. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ Klagsburn, Francine (2017). Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel. Schocken Books Inc. pp. Chapter 23. ISBN 9780805242379.
- ^ "Milestones". Time Magazine. 25 August 1975. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ S. Hattis-Rolef (1998). Political Lexicon of Israel (in Hebrew). Keter.
- ^ "Sapir Pinchas" (in Hebrew). THe Israeli Labour Movement website. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
- ^ "ืื ืื ื ืื ืืคืกืืงืื ืืืชืจืืฉ: ืืคืืจ ื ืืื ืืกืคืืจื". Ramat Gan Safari. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
External linksโป
- Pinchas Sapir on the Knesset website
- The Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem site: The Office of Pinhas Sapir (S82).
- 1906 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Suwaลki
- People from Suwaลki Governorate
- Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Jews from Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Mapai politicians
- Alignment (Israel) politicians
- Heads of the Jewish Agency for Israel
- Ministers of finance of Israel
- Members of the 4th Knesset (1959โ1961)
- Members of the 5th Knesset (1961โ1965)
- Members of the 6th Knesset (1965โ1969)
- Members of the 7th Knesset (1969โ1974)
- Members of the 8th Knesset (1974โ1977)
- Immigrants of the Fifth Aliyah