Yehoshua Rabinovitz
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Yehoshua Rabinovitz (Template:Langx; 12 November 1911 – 14 August 1979) was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister and mayor of Tel Aviv.
Biography
Born in Vishneva in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus), Rabinovitz attended high school in Vilnius, and went on to train as a teacher in the same city.[1] He worked as a teacher and headmaster, and was a member of the HeHalutz movement.[1] He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934 and studied in the economics and law school of Tel Aviv University.[1] Prior to independence he worked for Hamashbir Lazarchan, and was involved in the Haganah.[2]
In 1955 he was elected onto Tel Aviv city council, serving until 1959.[1] That year he became Deputy Mayor in charge of Finances, a position he held until becoming mayor in 1969.[1] He served as mayor until 1974.[2] Rabinovitz was succeeded as mayor by Shlomo Lahat.
Although not a member of the Knesset, he was appointed Minister of Housing in March 1974 by Golda Meir.[1] After Meir resigned, he became Minister of Finance in Yitzhak Rabin's government, serving until 1977.[2] In the 1977 elections he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but lost his cabinet post as Likud formed a right-wing government.[2]
While attending the funeral of David Horowitz in August 1979, Rabinovitz suffered a heart attack and died from it soon after.[2] His seat was taken by Esther Herlitz.[3]
Commemoration
Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, officially named "Ganei Yehoshua," is named for him.[4]
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