Eliezer Preminger
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Eliezer Preminger (Hebrew: אליעזר פרמינגר, born 13 April 1920, died 15 September 2001) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Maki, the Hebrew Communists and Mapam between 1949 and 1951.
Biography
Born in Vienna in 1920, Preminger made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1939. He joined the Palestinian Communist Party, but in 1945 was one of the leaders of a group that left to form the Hebrew Communists. In 1948 he joined Maki, and was elected to the first Knesset in 1949 on the party's list. Following a purge of Maki's leadership, Preminger left the party and resurrected the Hebrew Communists party on 8 June 1949. On 15 August that year he joined Mapam. He lost his seat in the 1951 elections, and later worked as Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Development, as well as serving on the board of directors of Israel Quarries and the Phosphates Company.
External links
- Eliezer Preminger on the Knesset website