Aryeh Nehemkin ( he, אריה נחמקין; 2 November 1925 – 24 November 2021) was an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the
Alignment
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from 1981 until 1988, and as
Minister of Agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
between 1984 and 1988.
Biography
Aryeh Nehemkin was born in
Nahalal
Nahalal ( he, נַהֲלָל) is a moshav in northern Israel. Covering 8.5 square kilometers, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
Nahalal is best known for its general layout, as d ...
during the
Mandate Era. He was a
Haganah
Haganah ( he, הַהֲגָנָה, lit. ''The Defence'') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization of the Jewish population ("Yishuv") in Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and its disestablishment in 1948, when it became the core of the ...
member between 1943 and 1948. During the
1948 Arab-Israeli War
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** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
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he served in the
IDF
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Defence forces
* Irish Defence Forces
* Israel Defense Forces
*Iceland Defense Force, of the US Armed Forces, 1951-2006
* Indian Defence Force, a part-time force, 1917
Organizations
* Israeli Diving Federation
* Interac ...
, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. Nehemkin was a member of the Economic Committee of the
Moshavim Movement in 1959-60, becoming the co-ordinator of its economic section between 1965 and 1967, before serving as the movement's secretary between 1970 and 1981.
In 1981 he was
elected Elected may refer to:
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*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
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to the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
on the
Alignment's list. He was
re-elected in 1984, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the national unity government. He lost his seat in the
1988 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1988.
Africa
* 1988 Cameroonian general election
* 1988 Equatorial Guinean legislative election
* 1988 Kenyan general election
* 1988 Malian parliamentary election
* 1988 Rwandan parliamentary elect ...
.
Nehemkin died on 24 November 2021 at the age of 96.
אריק נחמקין, שר החקלאות לשעבר, הלך לעולמו בגיל 96
Yedioth Ahronoth, 24 November 2021
References
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1925 births
2021 deaths
People from Nahalal
Moshavim movement secretaries
Alignment (Israel) politicians
Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984)
Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988)
Ministers of Agriculture of Israel