Uri Baratson

Uri Baratson was born in 1927 in Jerusalem

Uri Bar-Ratzon was born in Jerusalem on September 1, 1927, to Yisrael and Bluma Bar-Ratzon. After his mother died, his father sent him to the Ben Shemen youth village. He later returned to the family home in Holon and attended a vocational high school, the Max Fein school.

He joined the Haganah youth in 1944 and then the Palmach. In the War of Independence he took part in blowing up the Allenby Bridge and fought in the Negev Brigade. He later commanded companies and battalions and studied at the command and staff school at Fort Leavenworth in 1960.

He married Ruti Lubanov in 1952, and they had 3 daughters. He commanded the Golani Brigade from 1963 to 1965. His last army post was head of the maintenance department in the General Staff, and he left with the rank of colonel.

After leaving the army he founded and ran the Atarim urban development company of Tel Aviv, which developed the city shoreline and the marina. In 1975 he moved to manage the Pan Lon construction company, and in 1979 he began managing Koor's steel complex.

He became ill with Parkinson's disease in 1980 and was also diagnosed with ALS in 1989, when he retired. During his illness he wrote the book HaMankal. He died on April 20, 1990, and was buried in Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv.