Yisrael Galili

Yisrael Galili
Galili in 1955
Ministerial roles
1966–1967Minister without Portfolio
1967–1969Minister of Information
1969–1977Minister without Portfolio
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1951Mapam
1955–1965Ahdut HaAvoda
1965–1968Alignment
1968–1969Labor Party
1969–1977Alignment
Personal details
Born10 February 1911
Brailiv, Russian Empire
Died8 February 1986(1986-02-08) (aged 74)

Yisrael Galili (Hebrew: ישראל גלילי; 10 February 1911 – 8 February 1986) was an Israeli politician, government minister and member of Knesset. Before Israel's independence in 1948, he served as Chief of Staff of Haganah, the main Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the British Mandate for Palestine.