Kadish Luz

Kadish Luz
קַדִּישׁ לוּז
Luz in 1955
Acting President of Israel
In office
23 April 1963 – 21 May 1963
Prime MinisterDavid Ben-Gurion
Preceded byYitzhak Ben-Zvi
Succeeded byZalman Shazar
Speaker of the Knesset
In office
30 November 1959 – 17 November 1969
Preceded byNahum Nir
Succeeded byReuven Barkat
Ministerial roles
1955–1959Minister of Agriculture
Faction represented in the Knesset
1951–1965Mapai
1965–1968Alignment
1968–1969Labor Party
1969Alignment
Personal details
BornKadish Luzinski
(1895-01-10)10 January 1895
Babruysk, Russian Empire
Died4 December 1972(1972-12-04) (aged 77)
Kfar Saba, Israel
Signature
Kadish Luz visiting the Shalom Al Israel exhibition in 1969

Kadish Luz (Hebrew: קַדִּישׁ לוּז; 10 January 1895 – 4 December 1972) was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Agriculture between 1955 and 1959 and as Speaker of the Knesset from 1959 and 1969. He is the longest-serving speaker of the Knesset. Born in Russia, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War as part of the Haganah.

Early life

Kadish Luz was born in Babruysk, on 10 January 1895. He was educated at the Polytechnic Institute in Karlsruhe, Germany, Economics Institute in St. Petersburg, Odesa National University, and University of Dorpat. He served in the Imperial Russian Army from 1916 to 1917. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1920. He initially worked as an agricultural labourer in Kiryat Anavim and Be'er Tuvia. He was a member of the Haganah and fought in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Career

Luz was put forward by Mapai for Speaker of the Knesset in 1959, and was unanimously elected with 112 votes in his favour while the 3 Maki members abstained. Luz was the longest-serving speaker, with a tenure of 9 years, 11 months, and 18 days. He was speaker from the fourth to sixth sessions of the Knesset.

Luz was Minister of Agriculture in the eighth government of Israel. The General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces and Ministry of Defense proposed a plan to occupy the Straits of Tiran in December 1955. However, the cabinet, including Luz, voted against the plan.

Personal life

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded Luz a honorary doctorate in 1968. Luz died in Kfar Saba, on 4 December 1972.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kadish Luz.
  2. ↑ "Luz, Kadish". The Israeli Labor Movement (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
  3. ↑ The York Dispatch 1959.
  4. ↑ Knesset Record Holders.
  5. ↑ Government of Israel.
  6. ↑ Barzilai 1996, p. 35.
  7. ↑ St. Louis Jewish Light 1968.
  8. ↑ The New York Times 1972.

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