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Yisrael Katz

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Yisrael Katz (Hebrew: ישראל כץ, 6 December 1927 – 29 October 2010)[1] was an Israeli government minister in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Biography

Born in Vienna, he made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1938. Between 1954 and 1959 he headed the Kiryat Ye'arim Youth Village, and from 1968 and 1973 served as head of the National Insurance Institute.

Although he was never elected to the Knesset, he served as Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in Menachem Begin's government between 1977 and 1981.

He died in October 2010 at the age of 82.

References

  1. ^ Labor Minister in Begin Government Dr Yisrael Katz dies Yediot Ahronoth, 29 October 2010 Template:He icon

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