Dov Yosef

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Dov Yosef

Dov Yosef (born Bernard Joseph on 27 May 1899, died 7 January 1980) was an Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i politician and statesman. Yosef served in a variety of ministerial positions during the first two Knessets and was the country's second Minister of Justice

Justice Minister of Israel

The Justice Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice and a position in the Cabinet of Israel. The current minister is Daniel Friedmann, an independent who is not a member of the Knesset....
, serving twice (1951-52 and 1961-66).

f was born in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
, Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, as Bernard Joseph. He attended McGill University

McGill University

McGill University is a Public university#Canada located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university....
, Université Laval

Université Laval

Universit? Laval is the oldest centre of education in Canada, and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French language....
, and the University of London

University of London

Based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes....
, qualifying as an attorney.

Yosef immigrated to Israel in 1918 with the Canadian Jewish Legion

Jewish Legion

The Jewish Legion was the name for five battalions of Jewish volunteers established as the British Army's 38th through 42nd Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers....
which he helped organize.

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Dov Yosef (born Bernard Joseph on 27 May 1899, died 7 January 1980) was an Israel

Israel

Justice Minister of Israel

Background

Yosef was born in Montreal

Montreal

Canada

McGill University

Université Laval

Universit? Laval is the oldest centre of education in Canada, and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French language....
, and the University of London

University of London

Jewish Legion

The Jewish Legion was the name for five battalions of Jewish volunteers established as the British Army's 38th through 42nd Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers....
which he helped organize. After the end of World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, Yosef worked as an attorney in Mandatory Palestine.

Political career

In 1933 Yosef joined David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
's Mapai

Mapai

Mapai was a Left-wing politics List of political parties in Israel in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968....
party, and was elected to the first Knesset

Israeli legislative election, 1949

Elections in Israel for the Constituent Assembly were held in newly-independent Israel on 25 January, 1949. Voter turnout was 85.8%. Two days after its first meeting on 14 February, 1949, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset ....
in January 1949. He was initially appointed Minister of Rationing and Supply in the first government

First government of Israel

The first government of Israel formed by David Ben-Gurion on 8 March, 1949, a month and a half after the elections for the Israeli legislative election, 1949....
, a key position during the austerity period

Austerity in Israel

Austerity in Israel: From 1949 to 1959, the state of Israel was, to a varying extent, under a regime of austerity , during which rationing and similar measures were enforced....
. In June 1949 he was also appointed Agriculture Minister

Agriculture Minister of Israel

The Agriculture Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
.

The first government collapsed in October 1950 due to wranglings over refugee camps and religious education, but also because Ben-Gurion wanted the Rationing and Supply Ministry closed down. The Prime Minister got his way, and in the new government

Second government of Israel

The second government of Israel was formed during the Israeli legislative election, 1949. David Ben-Gurion made an attempt to form a minority government consisting of Mapai and Sephardim and Oriental Communities on 17 October, but it was not approved by the Knesset....
Yosef was moved to the transportation ministry

Transportation Minister of Israel

The Transportation Minister of Israel is the Cabinet of Israel at the head of the Transportation Ministry in Israel. A relatively minor post in the Israeli cabinet, it is often given to smaller parties in the governing coalitions....
.

He retained his seat in the 1951 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1951

Elections in Israel for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July, 1951. Voter turnout was 74.3%....
, and was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Minister of Trade and Industry, losing the former portfolio in June 1952. After the government collapsed again over the issue of religious education in December 1952, Yosef was initially appointed Minister without Portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

A Minister without Portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry ....
in the new government, before switching to the Development Ministry

Development Minister of Israel

The Development of the Negev and Galilee Minister of Israel is a ministerial position in the Cabinet of Israel. It was established in January 2005....
in June 1953. He retained this position in the new government formed by Moshe Sharett

Moshe Sharett

Moshe Sharett was the second Prime Minister of Israel , serving for a little under two years between David Ben-Gurion's two terms....
after Ben-Gurion had resigned to go and live on Kibbutz

Kibbutz

A kibbutz is a Intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The kibbutz is a form of communal living that combines socialism and Zionism....
Sde Boker

Sde Boker

Sde Boker is a kibbutz in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Best known as the retirement home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council....
. After Sharett resigned and formed a new government again in 1955, Yosef remained Development Minister, but also became Minister of Health

Health Minister of Israel

The Health Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of Health and a member of the Cabinet of Israel. The current Minister of Health is Yaakov Ben-Yezri of Gil ....
.

He retained his seat again in the 1955 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1955

File:Elect105Ashdod55.jpgElections in Israel for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July, 1955. Voter turnout was 80.7%....
, but was not appointed to a ministerial post. He lost his seat in the 1959 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1959

Elections in Israel for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November, 1959. Voter turnout was 79.5%....
, and never regained MK status. However, during the fifth Knesset

Israeli legislative election, 1961

Elections in Israel for the fifth Knesset were held in Israel on 15 August 1961. Voter turnout was 79.0%....
he was appointed Minister of Justice by Ben-Gurion despite being outside the Knesset. When Ben-Gurion was replaced by Eshkol he remained Justice Minister, but was not reappointed after the 1965 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1965

Elections in Israel for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1965. Voter turnout was 80.4%....
.

Yosef caused a political scandal when he published in 1960 an autobiographic book, "The Faithful City", which focused on the siege

Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by Battle of attrition and/or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit." A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken by a coup de main and refuses to surrender ....
of Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
in 1948. He claimed that David Shaaltiel, the commander of Jerusalem gave him a wrong picture of the situation in the city, causing the fall of the old city.