Dov Yosef

Dov Joseph
דב יוסף
Ministerial roles
1949–1950Minister of Rationing & Supply
1949–1950Minister of Agriculture
1950–1951Minister of Transportation
1951–1952Minister of Justice
1951–1952Minister of Trade & Industry
1952–1953Minister without Portfolio
1953–1955Minister of Development
1955Minister of Health
1961–1966Minister of Justice
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1959Mapai
Personal details
Born27 May 1899
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died7 January 1980(1980-01-07) (aged 80)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Zionist leaders, arrested in Operation Agatha, in detention in Latrun (l-r): David Remez, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Dov Yosef, Mr. Shenkarsky, David Hacohen, and Mr. Halperin (Isser Harel) (1946)

Dov Joseph (Hebrew: דב יוסף, 27 May 1899 – 7 January 1980) was an Israeli statesman. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he was in charge of Jerusalem. He later held ministerial positions in nine Israeli governments.[1]

  1. ^ Hasson, Nir. "Archive of Jerusalem's 1949 wartime governor for sale in U.S." Haaretz. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020.