Yosef Tamir
| Yosef Tamir | |
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| Date of birth | 5 March 1915 |
| Place of birth | Berdychiv, Russian Empire |
| Year of aliyah | 1924 |
| Date of death | 10 August 2009 (aged 94) |
| Knessets | 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1965–1974 | Gahal |
| 1974–1979 | Likud |
| 1979–1981 | Shinui |
| 1981 | Independent |
| Medal record | ||
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| Maccabiah Games | ||
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1932 Israel | 200 m |
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1932 Israel | 400 m |
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1932 Israel | Javelin Throw |
Yosef Tamir (Hebrew: יוסף תמיר, 5 March 1915 – 10 August 2009) was an Israeli journalist, politician, lawyer and a professional javelin thrower.
Tamir was born in Berdychiv in the Russian Empire (now part of Ukraine) and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1924. He passed through elementary and high school in Petah Tikva and graduated from the Law and Economics School at Tel Aviv University.
Between 1935 and 1945 he worked as a journalist for Haaretz, the Palestine Post, Yedioth Ahronoth, Maariv and HaBoker, and was a military correspondent during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He was a member of the Maccabi Sports Movement, and won three bronze medals in the Maccabiah Games.
Tamir joined the General Zionists party, and became its general secretary. Between 1965 and 1969 he was a member of the Tel Aviv directorate as head of the Liberal Party faction (a merger of the General Zionists and the Progressive Party). In the 1965 elections Tamir was also elected to the Knesset as member of Gahal, an alliance of the Liberal Party and Herut. Yosef retained his seat in the 1969 election, and again in the 1973 election, before which Gahal had become Likud.
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