| Yehuda Ben-Meir | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 July 1939 |
| Place of birth | New York City, United States |
| Year of aliyah | 1962 |
| Knesset(s) | 7, 8, 9, 10 |
| Party | National Religious Party (1971-84, 1984) |
| Former parties | Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre (1984) |
Dr Yehuda Ben-Meir (Hebrew: יהודה בן-מאיר, born Yehuda Rosenberg on 27 July 1939) is a former Israeli academic and politician who served as a membef of the Knesset for the National Religious Party and Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre between 1971 and 1984.
Biography
Born in New York City to Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir, Ben-Meir studued at the Yishuv HaHadash yeshiva in Tel Aviv, Yeshiva University and Columbia University, earning a doctorate in psychology. He made aliyah to Israel in 1962, and worked as a lecturer in psychology at Bar-Ilan University until 1968.
One of the leaders of the Gesher youth faction of the National Religious Party (NRP), he was director of the party's youth bureau, a member of its actions committee and directorate (which he also chaired), as well as being a member of the world secretariat of Mizrachi and Hapoel HaMizrachi.
He was on the NRP list for the 1969 elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 4 April 1971 as a replacement for his deceased father.[1] He was re-elected in 1973, 1977 and 1981. In August 1981 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In May 1984 he and Zevulun Hammer left the NRP to establish Gesher – Zionist Religious Centre, though both returned to the NRP two weeks later. He lost his seat in the July 1984 elections.
After leaving the Knesset Ben-Meir became a senior lecturer, and also studied law, later becoming a practising lawyer. In 1988 he left the NRP again and was amongst the founders of Meimad.
References
- ^ Knesset Members in the Seventh Knesset Knesset website
External links
- Yehuda Ben-Meir Knesset website
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