Shapira, Yaakov Shimshon

Yaakov-Shimshon Shapira was born in Elizavetgrad (now Kropyvnytsky , Ukraine ). He studied at the yeshiva in Lida, at the University of Kharkov at the Faculty of Medicine and at the School of Law in Jerusalem , where he received the title of lawyer. Yaakov Shimshon Shapira was an activist of the social-Zionist movement in Russia and a refuser in 1923-1924. In 1924 he repatriated to Eretz Yisrael. He is a member of the HaMaavar Labor Conquest in Petah Tikva . He was a worker on citrus plantations in Petah Tikva. Former secretary of the Ahdut Habodah party in Jerusalem. In 1934 he moved to Haifa where he practiced law. After the creation of the state, Israel was appointed chief director of the Ministry of Justice . In 1948 - 1950 served as the first legal adviser to the government .
In the period from 1966 to 1973 - Minister of Justice of the State of Israel .

Cadence in the Knesset

• Knesset of the 2nd convocation : August 20, 1951 - August 15, 1955 (from the workers' party in Eretz Yisrael ( MAPAY )
• Knesset of the 3rd convocation: August 15, 1955 - November 14, 1955 (Incomplete cadence) (from the workers' party in Eretz Yisrael ( MAPAY )
• Knesset of the 7th convocation: November 17, 1969 - January 21, 1974 (from the Maarah party)

Commission Positions

• 2nd Knesset : Member of the Knesset Commission
• 3rd Knesset: Member of the Legislative Commission

• Press portrait of Yaakov Shimson Napira on the Knesset official website ;