Ephraim Ben-Artzi () (1910-2001) was an Israeli general and businessman.

Biography

Ephraim Kobrinsky (later Ben-Artzi) was born in

Slonim Slonim ( be, Сло́нім, russian: Сло́ним, lt, Slanimas, lv, Sloņima, pl, Słonim, yi, סלאָנים, ''Slonim'') is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Slonimski rajon. It is located at the junction of the Ščar ...

, Poland. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1924. He was married to interior decorator Dora Gad.

Military career

In 1935, he joined the

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 ...

. During the Second World War he joined the British Army and was among the first Jewish officers holding the rank of major. He was discharged in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1948 he was appointed deputy head of the Quartermasters Directorate. Later he was served as an Israeli military attaché in North America. In 1950, upon his return to Israel, he was promoted to the rank of Aluf and served until 1952 as head of the Quartermasters Directorate.

Business career

Ben-Artzi was executive director of Mekorot from 1952 to 1955 and executive director of El Al from 1956 to 1967.אפרים בן-ארצי ז"ל
(Hebrew), "The late Ephraim Ben-Artzi" entry at the "Founders" page of Yad Levi Eshkol, the L. Eshkol memorial foundation.

References

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