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Nahum Levin

Nahum Levin was an Israeli politician and engineer who served as a member of the Knesset for Herut and Gahal from 1955 to 1965.

1905 to 1967Herut Knesset member, 1955 to 1965Haganah and Irgun commanderHeading the wood producers association

Born: 8 June 1905, Vitebsk
Died: 8 June 1967, Israel
Occupation: politician, engineer, industrialist
Party: Herut
Education: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Nahum Levin was born in 1905 in Vitebsk

Levin was born in Vitebsk in the Russian Empire on 8 June 1905. He studied at a local gymnasium and sat on the central committee of the HaHaver movement. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities and moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1924.

He studied building engineering at the Technion and chaired its student union. He qualified as a building engineer.

From 1924 to 1931 he was a commander in the Haganah, while also becoming active in the Revisionist movement. In 1931 he moved to the Irgun, where he served as a commander until 1937, and he later held commissary roles in Betar and the Irgun.

A member of the Herut leadership, he entered the Knesset in 1955 and was re-elected in 1959 and 1961. He sat on the Finance Committee and lost his seat in the 1965 elections. He also headed the Association of Wood Product Producers and sat on the presidium of the Israel Industrialist Association.

He was married to Herzliya Rozov. He died on 8 June 1967.