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Chaim Joseph Zadok

Haim Joseph Zadok was an Israeli jurist and Mapai politician who served as Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1977.

1913 to 2002Minister of Justice, 1974 to 1977Drafting the Nazi punishment lawCo-founding the Israel Democracy InstitutePresidency of the Press Council

Born: 2 October 1913, Rava-Ruska
Died: 15 August 2002, Germany
Occupation: politician, university teacher, lawyer, advocate
Party: Mapai
Education: Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Founded: Haim Zadok & Co. (1958), 1966)

Chaim Joseph Zadok was born in 1913 in Rava-Ruska

Zadok was born Haim Wilkenfeld in 1913 in Rava-Ruska, in Eastern Galicia. He studied philosophy and Jewish studies at the University of Warsaw. In Poland he belonged to the Gordonia youth movement and was active in Poale Zion.

He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and joined the Haganah and the Jewish Settlement Police. He studied law and became a lawyer. He married Esther Berger in 1941, and they had 2 daughters.

From 1949 to 1952 he was deputy to the Attorney General in the Ministry of Justice and drafted the Nazis and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law. In 1958 he founded the law firm Haim Zadok & Co. He entered the Knesset for Mapai in 1959 and was Minister of Industry and Trade from 1965 to 1966.

As Minister of Justice from 1974 to 1977, he appointed Aharon Barak as Attorney General and backed his decisions to prosecute in corruption cases. He was also the first secular Minister of Religious Affairs. He left the Knesset in 1978.

He lectured at the Hebrew University and returned to law and public work. In 1991 he co-founded the Israel Democracy Institute and chaired its board, and in 1993 he became president of the Press Council. He died in 2002 during a trip to Germany.

Chaim Joseph Zadok's life in 10 milestones

1913
Born in Rava-Ruska.
1935
Moved to Mandatory Palestine and joined the Haganah.
1949
Became deputy to the Attorney General.
1958
Founded the law firm Haim Zadok & Co.
1965
Became Minister of Industry and Trade.
1974
Became Minister of Justice.
1978
Left the Knesset.
1991
Co-founded the Israel Democracy Institute.
1993
Became president of the Press Council.
2002
Died during a trip to Germany.

Chaim Joseph Zadok held 2 offices between 1959 and 1978

19132002

Knesset member 1959 to 1978
Minister of Religious Services 1974, 1977

Chaim Joseph Zadok served in the military

In 1935 he joined the Haganah and the Jewish Settlement Police. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he served in the IDF as a lawyer in the office of the Chief Military Prosecutor.