David-Zvi Pinkas
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| Date of birth | 5 December 1895 |
| Place of birth | Sopron, Austria-Hungary |
| Year of aliyah | 1925 |
| Date of death | 14 August 1952 (aged 56) |
| Knessets | 1, 2 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1949–1951 | United Religious Front |
| 1951–1952 | Mizrachi |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1951–1952 | Minister of Transport |
David-Zvi Pinkas (Hebrew: דוד-צבי פנקס, 5 December 1895 – 14 August 1952) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician. A signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence, he was the country's third Minister of Transport.
Born in Sopron in Austria-Hungary (today in Hungary), Pinkas attended high school in Vienna, before studying at a yeshiva in Freiburg and law at the University of Vienna. He was involved in Zionist youth groups, and was one of the leaders of Young Mizrachi in Vienna and one of the founders of the Yeshuran movement.
In 1923 he was a delegate to the 13th Zionist congress, and two years later immigrated to Mandate Palestine. He became director of Bank Mizrahi in 1932, the same year in which he was elected to Tel Aviv city council. Three years later he was appointed head of the city's education department.
In 1944 he became a member of the Assembly of Representatives, and between 1947 and 1948 served as a member of the Jewish National Council's directorate. In 1948 he was one of the people to sign the Israeli declaration of independence. During the subsequent Arab-Israeli War, he was one of the leaders of the security committee.
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