Yehiel Duvdevani
Yehiel Duvdevani | |
|---|---|
 Duvdevani around 1950 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | Mapai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1896 Russian Empire |
| Died | 30 April 1988 |
Yehiel Duvdevani (Hebrew: יְחִיאֵל דּוּבְדְּבָנִי, 1896 – 30 April 1988) was a Zionist activist and politician.
Biography
[edit]Born in Volhynia region of the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine),[1] Duvdevani attended high school in Kiev, before spending a year at university. He joined the Al HaMishmar movement, which became Dror. In 1923 he made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine,[1] and two years later was amongst the founders of kibbutz Givat HaShlosha.
He became secretary of the Petah Tikva Workers Council.[2] During World War II he enlisted in the Jewish Brigade.[2] Prior to the 1949 elections he was placed nineteenth on the Mapai list,[3] and was elected as the party won 46 seats. However, he did not run for re-election in 1951.
In 1952 Duvdevani was amongst the founders of kibbutz Einat, which was made up of former Givat HaShlosha and Ramat HaKovesh members who had left the HaKibbutz HaMeuhad movement. He later held the post of chief executive of Mekorot between 1954 and 1964, also serving as chair of its board of directors from 1962 to 1964.
He died in 1988.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Yechiel Duvdevani: Personal details Knesset
- ^ a b Yechiel Duvdevani: Public Activity and Publications Knesset
- ^ Mapai Israel Democracy Institute
External links
[edit]- Yehiel Duvdevani on the Knesset website
- 1896 births
- 1988 deaths
- People from Volyn Oblast
- People from Volhynian Governorate
- Jews from the Russian Empire
- Ukrainian Jews
- Soviet Jews
- Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Jews from Mandatory Palestine
- Mapai politicians
- Members of the 1st Knesset (1949–1951)
- Jewish Brigade personnel
- Ukrainian Zionists
- Zionist activists
- Kibbutzniks
- Immigrants of the Third Aliyah