All Topics  
Zevulun Hammer

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Zevulun Hammer
 
 
  Topics Zevulun Hammer Topic Home

Zevulun Hammer (31 May 1936 – 20 January 1998) 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, minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

er was born in Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
 during the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an active member of the Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva

Bnei Akiva , founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929, is the largest Religious Zionism youth movement in the world today. It is active worldwide, with over 125,000 members in 37 countries....
 youth movement (which he led), and served in the Israeli Armored Corps in a Nahal
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
 programme. He graduated from Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 Faculty members....
 with a BA in Judaism and Bible, as well as a teaching certificate and worked as a teacher.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Zevulun Hammer'
Start a new discussion about 'Zevulun Hammer'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Zevulun Hammer (31 May 1936 – 20 January 1998) 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, minister and Deputy Prime Minister.

Biography

Hammer was born in Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
 during the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an active member of the Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva

Bnei Akiva , founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929, is the largest Religious Zionism youth movement in the world today. It is active worldwide, with over 125,000 members in 37 countries....
 youth movement (which he led), and served in the Israeli Armored Corps in a Nahal
Nahal

Nahal is an Israel Defense Forces infantry brigade. Historically, it refers to a program that combines military service and establishment of new agricultural settlements, often in outlying areas....
 programme. He graduated from Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University

Bar-Ilan University is a university in Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is now Israel's second largest academic institution. It has nearly 26,800 students and 1,350 Faculty members....
 with a BA in Judaism and Bible, as well as a teaching certificate and worked as a teacher. At the university, he headed the Student Union and was a member of the Presidium of the Israeli Students Association and the World Union of Jewish Students.

Political career

Hammer was first elected to the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 in 1969 as a member of the National Religious Party
National Religious Party

The National Religious Party was a List of political parties in Israel in Israel representing the Religious Zionism movement. Formed in 1956, at the time of its dissolution in 2008, it was the second oldest surviving party in the country after Agudat Yisrael, and was part of every government coalition until 1992....
. He became Deputy Minister of Education and Culture in January 1973. In November 1975 he was appointed Minister of Welfare, but in December 1976 his party resigned from the cabinet
Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....


After the 1977 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1977

The Elections in Israel for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. The dramatic shift in Israeli politics caused by the outcome led to it becoming known as "the revolution" , a phrase coined by TV anchor Haim Yavin when he announced the election results live on television with the words "Ladies and gentlemen - revolution!" ....
 he was appointed Minister of Education
Education Minister of Israel

This article lists Israeli Ministers of Education since the formation of the Israeli legislative election, 1949 in 1949. The name of the Ministry and the ministerial position associated with it has changed several times;...
, a role he retained until September 1984. For a brief period during the 10th Knesset
Israeli legislative election, 1981

Elections in Israel for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment , Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat.Voter turnout was 77.8%....
, Hammer and Yehuda Ben-Meir broke away from the NRP and formed a new faction, Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre
Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre

Gesher ? Zionist Religious Centre was a short-lived political faction in Israel in the early 1980s....
; however, they returned to the NRP after two weeks.

In October 1986 he became Minister of Religious Affairs
Religious Services Minister of Israel

The Religious Services Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of the Religious Services and a relatively minor position in the Cabinet of Israel....
, and in 1990 was re-appointed Education Minister. He lost his place in the cabinet after the NRP were left out of Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin

was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
's government, but regained it following the 1996 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1996

Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever Israeli prime ministerial election, 1996 on 29 May, 1996. Voter turnout was 79.3%....
, when he was appointed Education Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. In August 1997 he was also appointed Minister of Religious Affairs.

Hammer died in office on 20 January 1998, his death caused by cancer. He was married with four children.

External links