Peretz Naftali

Ministerial roles
1951–1952| Minister without Portfolio
1952–1955| Minister of Agriculture
1955| Minister of Trade and Industry
1955–1959| Minister without Portfolio
1959| Minister of Welfare
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1959| Mapai
Personal details
Born| 19 March 1888
Berlin, Germany
Died| 30 April 1961(1961-04-30) (aged 73)

Peretz Naftali (Hebrew: פרץ נפתלי, born Fritz Naftali, 19 March 1888 – 30 April 1961) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Literature
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Biography[edit]

Born in Berlin in Germany, Naftali joined the Social Democratic Party in 1911. He served in the German Army between 1911 and 1912, after which he started to work as a journalist on economic affairs, returning to the army for a spell in 1917–18 to fight in World War I. In 1921, he became editor of the economics department of the Frankfurter Zeitung, a post he held until 1926, when he became head of the economic research department of a trade union. In 1921, he also published a book, How to read the Economic Section of the Newspaper, which was a bestseller.[1]

In 1925, he had joined the Zionism movement, and in 1931 was a delegate to the Zionist Congress. He made aliyah in 1933, initially working as a lecturer at the Technion, before becoming director general of Bank Hapoalim in 1938, a post he held until 1949. Between 1941 and 1948 he served as a member of the Assembly of Representatives.

He was elected to the Knesset in 1949 on Mapai's list. After being re-elected in 1951, he was appointed Minister without Portfolio in David Ben-Gurion's government. In June 1952, he became Minister of Agriculture, a role he held until the 1955 elections, after which he reverted to being a Minister without Portfolio. In January 1959, he became Minister of Welfare, but lost his Knesset seat and place in the cabinet in the 1959 elections.

## Literature[edit]

* Wirtschaftsdemokratie: Ihr Wesen, Weg und Ziel. Herausgegeben im Auftrag des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes von Fritz Naphtali. Berlin: Verlagsgesellschaft des Allgemeinen Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes, GmbH.; 1928.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Peretz Naftali: Public activities Knesset website

## External links[edit]

* Peretz Naftali on the Knesset website

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Agriculture and Rural Development Ministers of Israel

* Zisling (1948–49)
* Yosef (1949–50)
* Lavon (1950–51)
* Eshkol (1951–52)
* Naftali (1952–55)
* Luz (1955–59)
* Dayan (1959–64)
* Gvati (1964–74)
* Uzan (1974–77)
* Sharon (1977–81)
* Erlich (1981–83)
* Begin (1983)
* Grupper (1983–84)
* Nehemkin (1984–88)
* Katz-Oz (1988–90)
* Eitan (1990–91)
* Tzur (1992–96)
* Eitan (1996–99)
* Oron (1999–2000)
* Barak (2000–01)
* Simhon (2001–02)
* Livni (2002–03)
* Katz (2003–06)
* Boim (2006)
* Simhon (2006–11)
* Noked (2011–13)
* Shamir (2013–15)
* Ariel (2015–19)
* Hanegbi (2020)
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* Forer (2021–)

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Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Ministers of Israel

* Levin (1948–52)
* Shapira (1952–58)
* Naftali (1959)
* Burg (1959–70)
* Hasani (1970–74)
* Shem-Tov (1974)
* Hasani (1974–75)
* Rabin (1975)
* Burg (1975)
* Hammer (1975–76)
* Baram (1977)
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* Abuhatzira (1981–82)
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* Shamir (1988–90)
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* Rabin (1992)
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* Yishai (1996–2000)
* Ra'anan Cohen (2000–01)
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* Meir Cohen (2013–14)
* Katz (2015–19)
* Akunis (2020)
* Shmuli (2020–21)
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* Meir Cohen (2021–)

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Economy Ministers of Israel

* Bernstein (1948–49)
* Kaplan (1949–50)
* Geri (1950–51)
* Yosef (1951–52)
* Bernstein (1952–55)
* Naftali (1955)
* Sapir (1955–65)
* Zadok (1965–66)
* Sherf (1966–69)
* Sapir (1969–70)
* Sapir (1970–72)
* Bar-Lev (1972–77)
* Hurvitz (1977–78)
* Patt (1979–84)
* Sharon (1984–90)
* Nissim (1990–92)
* Harish (1992–96)
* Sharansky (1996–99)
* Ran Cohen (1999–2000)
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* Olmert (2003–06)
* Yishai (2006–09)
* Ben-Eliezer (2009–11)
* Simhon (2011–2013)
* Bennett (2013–15)
* Deri (2015)
* Netanyahu (2016)
* Kahlon (2016–17)
* Eli Cohen (2017–2020)
* Peretz (2020-2021)
* Barbivai (2021-)

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