Pesach Grupper ( Heb. פסח גרופר ; August 21, 1924 , Jaffa - April 29, 2013 , Atlit ) is an Israeli statesman. He is a deputy of the five Knesset convocations from the Likud party and the New Liberal Party , the Minister of Agriculture in 1983–84, and the chairman of the local Council of Atlita in 1959–62 and 1969–71.
| Passover Grouper | |||||||
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| פסח גרופר | |||||||
 Passover Grouper in 1994 | |||||||
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| Head of the government | Yitzhak Shamir | ||||||
| Predecessor | Menachem Begin | ||||||
| Successor | Arye Nakhamkin | ||||||
| Birth | August 21, 1924 Jaffa | ||||||
| Death | April 29, 2013 (88 years old) Atlit | ||||||
| The consignment | Likud / New Liberal Party | ||||||
Biography
Passover Grouper was born in 1924 in Jaffa and grew up in the Tel Aviv region of Neve Tzedek . In 1936 he moved with his family to Atlit , where he lived the rest of his life [1] .
Grupper made his first steps in politics as a member of the Liberal Party , which included such leaders as Yitzhak Modai , Gidon Pat and Simha Erlich . Twice (from 1959 to 1962 and from 1969 to 1971), he served as chairman of the local council of Atlit [2] , and was also a member of the Labor Conflict Court in Haifa [1] .
Together with the Liberal Party, Grupper joined the political bloc of the HAHAL (the second component of which was the Herut party). Later, the GAHAL was renamed Likud . In 1974, Grupper was first elected to the Knesset as a member of this bloc; he was subsequently re-elected to the Knesset four more times. In the Knesset, he participated in the work of economic and economic commissions (including in the 11th Knesset - as the chairman of the joint commission on the defense budget) and twice headed the agricultural lobby [2] .
In 1981, Grupper entered the government cabinet of Menachem Begin as deputy minister of agriculture (the post of minister was held by his party comrade Simha Erlich). In 1983 , when Yitzhak Shamir formed a new government , Grupper took the chair of the Minister of Agriculture and remained in this position for about a year - until the next parliamentary elections. He retained a deputy mandate on them, but did not return to the ministry.
In the middle of his last parliamentary cadet (1988–92), Grupper left the Likud faction along with four more members led by Yitzhak Modai. The new faction took the name "Party for the Promotion of the Idea of Zionism", later renamed the New Liberal Party [3] . In the 1992 elections, however, the new liberals failed to overcome the electoral threshold and did not return to the Knesset.
After the completion of parliamentary activity, Passover Grouper was elected president of the Association of Peasants. He also, for 17 years, until 2003, served as chairman of the Israel Winegrowers Union. Both while working in the Knesset and the Ministry of Agriculture, and after that, he remained a defender of the interests of Israeli agricultural workers, making efforts to develop existing and create new agricultural settlements. According to his party member, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin , Grupper was one of the best ministers of agriculture in the history of the country. Grupper was also known for his struggle to open a railway station in Atlite [1] .
Pesach Grouper ended his career as a politician and public figure in 80 years, devoting the rest of his life to his family. He died at the end of April 2013 [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ofer Aderet. Pessah Grupper, former agriculture minister and long-serving Knesset member, dies at 89 . Haaretz (April 30, 2013). Date of treatment January 16, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 on the Knesset website
- ↑ Party for promoting the idea of Zionism on the official website of the Knesset (Hebrew)
Links
- on the Knesset website