Aharon Remez

Aharon Remez was born in 1919 in Tel Aviv

Remez was born in Tel Aviv in 1919. His father, David Remez, was a leader of the Yishuv and later a government minister. He joined the Haganah in 1936.

From 1939 to 1942 he was an emissary of the Habonim movement in the United States, where he also took flying lessons. In 1942 he joined the Royal Air Force, trained in Canada and flew as a fighter pilot in Western Europe. After the war he helped organize immigration of refugees from Europe.

After his discharge in 1947 he became operations officer of the Haganah air service. In July 1948 he was made commander of the Israeli Air Force and led it during the 1948 war. He left the post in December 1950 after a dispute with Chief of Staff Yigael Yadin over the force's independence.

He headed the Defense Ministry purchasing delegation in the United States and then advised the defense minister on aviation until 1954. He was elected to the Knesset for Mapai in 1955 and resigned in December 1957. He later worked at the Weizmann Institute and the Foreign Ministry.

From 1965 to 1970 he was Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom. He then headed the Ports Authority until 1977 and chaired the Israel Airports Authority from 1977 to 1981. He died in 1994.