Dov Ben-Meir

Dov Ben-Meir was born in 1927 in Ciechocinek

Dov Ben-Meir was born Dov Zucker in 1927 in Ciechocinek, Poland. He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1935 and attended the Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School.

In 1946 he joined a Palmach training group at Kfar Giladi and became active in the Meuhedet movement, serving in its national leadership until 1954. He helped found kibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh in 1947 and lived there until 1953. He earned a BA in economics and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

From 1954 to 1962 he directed the Publications Service in the Prime Minister's Office. In 1962 he founded the Israeli Cancer Association and led it until 1967. He later headed the Labor Party in Tel Aviv and held senior posts in the Histadrut.

He entered the Knesset in 1981 for the Alignment and was re-elected in 1984, serving as a deputy speaker. He was also deputy mayor and acting mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo. He lost his seat in the 1988 elections.

From 1989 he advised Finance Minister Shimon Peres on ties with German-speaking countries. From 1990 he was an economic advisor to German companies working with Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. He died in 2020.