Yosef Almogi
| Yosef Almogi | |
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| Date of birth | 5 May 1910 |
| Place of birth | Hrubieszów, Russian Empire |
| Year of aliyah | 1930 |
| Date of death | 2 November 1991 (aged 81) |
| Knessets | 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1955–1965 | Mapai |
| 1965–1968 | Rafi |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1977 | Alignment |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1962 | Minister without Portfolio |
| 1962–1965 | Minister of Housing |
| 1962–1965 | Minister of Development |
| 1968–1974 | Minister of Labor |
Yosef Aharon Almogi (Hebrew: יוסף אהרון אלמוגי, 5 May 1910 – 2 November 1991) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1955 and 1977, as well as holding several ministerial posts.
Born Josef Karlenboim in Hrubieszów in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), he joined the Dror movement in 1924 and moved to Mandate Palestine in 1930. He served as a commander of the Haganah in Kfar Saba, Tel Aviv (1936) and Haifa (1937). In 1940, he enlisted in the British Army, and fought in Greece. He was captured and spent the remainder of the War in a German POW camp.
Upon returning to Israel after the war, Almogi became active in politics and joined David Ben-Gurion's Mapai. He was active in the Haifa Workers Council, serving as Alternate Secretary from 1947 to 1951 and then Secretary from 1951 to 1959. He was the General Secretary of Mapai from 1959 to 1961.
First elected to the Knesset in the 1955 elections, Almogi was made Minister without Portfolio after the 1961 elections, before taking over the roles of Minister of Housing and Minister of Development in October 1962. When Levi Eshkol replaced Ben-Gurion as PM in 1963, Almogi kept both positions.
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