Menachem Savidor (; 20 August 1917 – 2 November 1988) was an Israeli civil servant and politician who served as a member of the

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for

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from 1977 until 1984. Between 1981 and 1984 he was the

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Biography

Born Menachem Khodorovsky in

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in the

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, Savidor attended high school in

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and

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. In 1941 he

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and enlisted in the

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. He was demobilised in 1946 and enlisted in the

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in 1948. He founded the Military School for Organisation and Management and was its first commander.Menachem Savidor: Public Activities
Knesset He also headed the Police and Discipline Branch. In 1953, he was demobilised with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1953 he joined the

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party and was also appointed deputy director of the

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. The following year he became director-general of

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, a post he held until 1964 when he was appointed director-general of Vered, a subsidiary of the Rassco housing company. After leaving the role in 1967, he served as director-general of a citrus fruit export company until 1977. He was elected to

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city council and headed the

Gahal Gahal (, an acronym for ''Gush Herut–Liberalim'' (Hebrew: ), ''lit.'' ''Freedom–Liberals Bloc'') was the main right-leaning political alliance in Israel, ranging from the centre-right to right-wing, from its founding in 1965 until the establi ...

faction (an alliance of the

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(which the General Zionists had merged into) and

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) from 1969 until 1974. He became deputy chairman of the Liberal Party's central committee and headed its political think tank. In

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he was elected to the

on the Likud list (an alliance of the Liberal Party, Herut and other right-wing parties). He was re-elected in

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, and was appointed Speaker of the Knesset, replacing Yitzhak Berman. Having lost his seat in the 1984 elections, Savidor was appointed chairman of the Public Committee to Rehabilitate the Economy in 1985. In 1987 he became chairman of the Fund for the Security of Israel but died the following year at the age of 71. The

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is named after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savidor, Menachem 1917 births 1988 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Gahal politicians General Zionists politicians Israeli civil servants Israeli soldiers Jews from Mandatory Palestine Liberal Party (Israel) politicians Likud politicians Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981) Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984) Speakers of the Knesset People from Bakhmut Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Vilnius University alumni