Ya'akov Tzur (; born 4 April 1937) is an

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i former politician who held several ministerial portfolios in the 1980s and 1990s.

Biography

Born Ya'akov Steinberg in Haifa during the Mandate era, Tzur studied bible and history at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

. Between 1955 and 1957 he was part of the

Yotvata :''"Yotvat" is also the Hebrew name for Tiran Island''. Yotvata ( ''yotváta'' (but commonly pronounced ''yotvetá''), ) is a kibbutz in the Aravah, Arava Valley in southern Israel. Located on the Highway 90 (Israel–Palestine), Highway 90's seg ...

settlement group, and in 1957 became a member of kibbutz Netiv HaLamed-Heh. He worked as a teacher in schools in

Givat Brenner Givat Brenner (), is a kibbutz in the Central District of Israel. Located around south of Rehovot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Brenner Regional Council. Founded in 1928, it is named after writer Yosef Haim Brenner, who was killed in t ...

and Kfar Menachem, before serving as director of the education department of

HaKibbutz HaMeuhad {{refimprove, date=April 2025 HaKibbutz HaMeuhad ({{langx, he, הקיבוץ המאוחד, , The United Kibbutz) was a union of kibbutzim. It had been formed in 1927 by the union of several kibbutz bodies and was associated with Ahdut HaAvoda party. ...

between 1972 and 1974. In 1976 he became the movement's secretary, overseeing its 1979 merger into the

United Kibbutz Movement The Kibbutz Movement (, ''HaTnu'a HaKibbutzit'') is the largest settlement movement for kibbutzim in Israel. It was formed in 1999 by a partial merger of the United Kibbutz Movement and Kibbutz Artzi and is made up of approximately 230 kibbutzim. I ...

(of which he served as secretary until 1981). In 1981 he was elected to the

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on the

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list. Re-elected in 1984, he was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption. Following the 1988 elections he became

Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

, serving until the Alignment withdrew from the government in March 1990. Although he lost his seat in the 1992 elections, he was appointed

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 ...

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...

's government, serving until 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tzur, Yaakov 1937 births Living people Israeli educators Politicians from Haifa Alignment (Israel) politicians Ministers of agriculture of Israel Ministers of health of Israel Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984) Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988) Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992)