Dov Yosef
| Dov Yosef | |
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| Date of birth | 27 May 1899 |
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Year of aliyah | 1918 |
| Date of death | 7 January 1980 (aged 80) |
| Knessets | 1, 2, 3 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1949–1959 | Mapai |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1949–1950 | Minister of Rationing & Supply |
| 1949–1950 | Minister of Agriculture |
| 1950–1951 | Minister of Transportation |
| 1951–1952 | Minister of Justice |
| 1951–1952 | Minister of Trade & Industry |
| 1952–1953 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 1953–1955 | Minister of Development |
| 1955 | Minister of Health |
| 1961–1966 | Minister of Justice |
Dov Yosef (Hebrew: דב יוסף, 27 May 1899 – 7 January 1980) was an Israeli politician and statesman. He served as military governor of Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He held ministerial positions in nine Israeli governments.
Bernard Joseph (later Dov Yosef) was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended McGill University, Université Laval, and the University of London, qualifying as an attorney. Yosef immigrated to Palestine in 1918 with the Canadian Jewish Legion which he helped organize. After the end of World War I, Yosef worked as an attorney in Mandatory Palestine. During Israel's War of Independence he served Military Governor of Jerusalem during the Blockade.
In 1933 Yosef joined David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party. Three years later he became legal adviser to the Political Department of the Jewish Agency. He became a member of the Jewish Agency Executive Committee and a member of the World Zionist Organisation's Political Committee.
In December 1947 the Jewish Agency appointed him head of the Jerusalem Emergency Committee and in August 1948 he became Military Governor of Jerusalem. He was elected to the first Knesset in January 1949. He was initially appointed Minister of Rationing and Supply in the first government, a key position during the austerity period. In June 1949 he was also appointed Agriculture Minister.
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