Israel Galili | |
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ישראל גלילי | |
![]() Galili in 1955 | |
Ministerial roles | |
1966–1967 | Minister without Portfolio |
1967–1969 | Minister of Information |
1969–1977 | Minister without Portfolio |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1951 | Mapam |
1955–1965 | Ahdut HaAvoda |
1965–1968 | Alignment |
1968–1969 | Labor Party |
1969–1977 | Alignment |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 February 1911 Brailiv, Russian Empire |
Died | 8 February 1986 | (aged 74)
Yisrael Galili (Hebrew: ישראל גלילי; 10 February 1911 – 8 February 1986) was an Israeli politician, government minister and member of Knesset. Before Israel's independence in 1948, he served as Chief of Staff of Haganah, the main Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the British Mandate for Palestine.