Binyamin Ben-Eliezer | |
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Ministerial roles | |
1992–1996 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
1999–2001 | Deputy Prime Minister |
1999–2001 | Minister of Communications |
2000–2001 | Minister of Housing & Construction |
2001–2002 | Minister of Defense |
2005 | Minister of National Infrastructure |
2006–2009 | Minister of National Infrastructure |
2009–2011 | Minister of Industry, Trade & Labour |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1984 | Yahad |
1984–1991 | Alignment |
1991–1999 | Labor Party |
1999–2001 | One Israel |
2001–2014 | Labor Party |
Personal details | |
Born | Basra, Kingdom of Iraq | 12 February 1936
Died | 28 August 2016 Tel Aviv, Israel | (aged 80)
Binyamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (Arabic: بنيامين بن إليعازر; Hebrew: בנימין "פואד" בן אליעזר; 12 February 1936 – 28 August 2016) was an Iraqi-born Israeli politician and general. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014, and held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour; Minister of Defense; and Deputy Prime Minister. He served as leader of the Israeli Labor Party between 2001 and 2002.