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{{Short description|Israeli politician (1924–2007)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Aharon Uzan 1966-01-12.jpg
|caption = Uzan in 1966
|birth_date = 1 November 1924
|birth_place = [[Moknine]], [[Tunisia]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2007|1|23|1924|11|1|df=y}}
|death_place = 
|office1 = Ministerial roles
|suboffice1 = [[Communications Minister of Israel|Minister of Communications]]
|subterm1 = 1974
|suboffice2 = [[Agriculture Minister of Israel|Minister of Agriculture]]
|subterm2 = 1974–1977
|suboffice3 = [[Communications Minister of Israel|Minister of Communications]]
|subterm3 = 1975–1977
|suboffice4 = [[Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel|Minister of Immigrant Absorption]]
|subterm4 = {{nowrap|1982–1984}}
|suboffice5 = {{nowrap|[[Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel|Minister of Labor & Social Welfare]]}}
|subterm5 = 1982–1984
|office6 = Faction represented in the [[Knesset]]
|suboffice6 = [[Alignment (Israel)|Alignment]]
|subterm6 = 1965–1968
|suboffice7 = [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]]
|subterm7 = 1968–1969
|suboffice8 = [[Alignment (Israel)|Alignment]]
|subterm8 = 1969
|suboffice9 = [[Tami (political party)|Tami]]
|subterm9 = 1981–1984
}}

'''Aharon Uzan''' ({{langx|he|אהרן אוזן}}; 1 November 1924 – 23 January 2007) was an Israeli politician who held several ministerial portfolios between the mid-1960s and mid-1980s.

==Biography==
Uzan was born in [[Moknine]] in Tunisia, and was a member of the right-wing [[Betar]] movement in his youth. After attending college in [[Sousse]] and subsequently moving to [[France]], he [[aliyah|emigrated to Israel]] in 1949, where he underwent agricultural training and joined the left-wing [[Mapai]] party. He was one of the founding members of moshav [[Gilat]], where he would live for the rest of his life. He served as the moshav's secretary and treasurer between 1952 and 1959. In 1960 he founded the [[Negev]] Moshav Purchasing Company, and managed it until 1968. He also founded the Negev Water and Merhav transport companies.

In 1965 he was elected to the [[Knesset]] on the [[Alignment (Israel)|Alignment's]] list (an alliance of Mapai and [[Ahdut HaAvoda]]), and was appointed Deputy [[Agriculture Minister of Israel|Minister of Agriculture]] in January 1966, a role he held until he lost his seat in the [[1969 Israeli legislative election|1969 elections]].

In 1970, his son Shlomo, who served in the [[Israeli Navy]], was killed in the [[War of Attrition]]. The Magen Shlomo Synagogue that was later built in Gilat was named for him.<ref>[http://www.izkor.gov.il/HalalKorot.aspx?id=92557 Uzan, Shlomo] Izkor</ref>

Between 1970 and 1973 he was secretary of the [[Moshavim Movement]]. Despite not being a Knesset member, he returned to the [[cabinet of Israel|cabinet]] in 1974 when he was appointed [[Communications Minister of Israel|Minister of Communications]]. After [[Golda Meir]] resigned and [[Yitzhak Rabin]] formed a new government later in the year, he became Minister of Agriculture. In March 1975 he regained the Communications portfolio in addition to the Agriculture post. Following [[Likud]]'s victory in the [[1977 Israeli legislative election|1977 elections]] he lost his cabinet position.

In 1981 he left Mapai to found the new [[Tami (political party)|Tami]] party alongside [[Aharon Abuhatzira]]. The party won three seats and was included in [[Menachem Begin]]'s government. Uzan was made Deputy [[Immigrant Absorption Minister of Israel|Minister of Immigrant Absorption]] in July that year. In May 1982 he became both Minister of Immigrant Absorption and [[Welfare and Social Services Minister of Israel|Minister of Labor and Social Welfare]] after Abuhatzira resigned from both posts following his conviction for larceny, breach of trust and fraud.<ref>[http://www.ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/Vol_84__1984.pdf American Jewish Yearbook 1984] p66</ref> He held both posts until the [[1984 Israeli legislative election|1984 elections]], in which he lost his seat.

Uzan was a member of the executive at [[Yad Levi Eshkol]].

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==External links==
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