Yeshayahu Foerder (, 25 March 1901 – 9 June 1970) was a

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–

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i lawyer and politician who served as a member of the

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for the

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between 1949 and 1957.

Biography

Born in

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, Germany, Foerder studied economics and law at

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

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and

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universities, gaining a law doctorate in 1923. He worked as a lawyer in Berlin between 1926 and 1932, and was a member of the directorate and the political secretary of the Zionist Organisation of Germany. He made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...

in 1933, and the following year was one of the founders of the Rassco housing company, of which he became general director. He also became chairman of the board of directors at

Bank Leumi Bank Leumi ( he, בנק לאומי, lit. ''National Bank''; ar, بنك لئومي) is an Israeli bank. It was founded on February 27, 1902, in Jaffa as the ''Anglo Palestine Company'' as subsidiary of the Jewish Colonial Trust (Jüdische Kolonia ...

. Foerder served as a delegate to the Assembly of Representatives for the

New Aliyah Party The New Aliyah Party ( he, עלייה חדשה, ''Aliyah Hadasha'' lit. ''New Immigration'') was a political party in Mandatory Palestine and Israel. History The party was established in 1942 by immigrants from Austria and Germany who had arrived ...

. Following

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in 1948, he worked as an overseer of foodstuffs. In the first elections in 1949 he was elected to the Knesset on the Progressive Party list (the successor to the New Aliyah Party). Foerder represented the Progressive Party at the

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congress in

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in 1956, to which he brought a draft resolution on the Israeli–Egyptian conflict. After discussion, the resolution was accepted without change. Although he lost his seat in the July 1951 elections, he returned to the Knesset on 10 September that year as a replacement for

Avraham Granot Avraham Granot ( he, אברהם גרנות, 18 June 1890 – 5 July 1962) was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Abraham Granovsky (later Granot) was born in Făleşti, i ...

. He retained his seat in the 1955 elections, but resigned from the Knesset on 28 October 1957, in order to become head of Bank Leumi. He was replaced by

Yohanan Cohen Yohanan Cohen ( he, יוחנן כהן, 31 December 1917– May 20, 2013)https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=447 was an Israeli politician and diplomat. Biography Born in Łódź (then part of the Russian Empire, ...

. He died on 9 June 1970. The Foerder Institute for Economic Research at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

was established in his memory the following year.About
The Foerder Institute for Economic Research

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foerder, Yeshayahu 1901 births 1970 deaths Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine University of Freiburg alumni Heidelberg University alumni University of Königsberg alumni 20th-century German lawyers Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine) Progressive Party (Israel) politicians Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951) Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) People from Charlottenburg