Aryeh Nechemkin

Aryeh Nechemkin was born in 1925 in Nahalal

Nehemkin was born in 1925 in Nahalal to farming parents and had 3 sisters. His father Shimon came from Warsaw and his mother Rachel was born in Odessa. Both were among the first settlers of Nahalal.

He was active in the Haganah from 1943 to 1948 and fought in the 1948 war, where he lost an eye in Operation Dani. He later commanded the brigade reconnaissance unit of the 9th Brigade in the Sinai War. In the reserves he commanded a battalion in the Alexandroni Brigade in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War.

From 1954 to 1956 he volunteered to help immigrant moshavim and lived in Brosh. He held posts in the Moshavim Movement and was its secretary from 1970 to 1981.

He was elected to the Knesset in 1981 and re-elected in 1984, when he became Minister of Agriculture in the national unity governments. He lost his seat in the 1988 elections.

In 1946 he married Sarah Kavshana, and they had 3 children. He lived in Nahalal all his life, died there in 2021 and was buried in its cemetery.