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Uzi Baram

Uzi Baram is an Israeli former Labor Party politician who served in the Knesset from 1977 to 2001 and was Minister of Tourism and Minister of Internal Affairs in the 1990s.

born 1937Knesset member from 1977 to 2001Minister of TourismLabor Party secretary general

Born: 6 April 1937, Jerusalem
Occupation: politician, sociologist
Party: Israeli Labor Party
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Uzi Baram was born in 1937 in Jerusalem

Baram was born in Jerusalem in 1937 and grew up in the Nahalat Ahim neighborhood. His father, Moshe Baram, was a Knesset member and served as Minister of Labour and Minister of Welfare. His mother, Grazia, was born in Aleppo, Syria.

He studied political science and sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a student he chaired the national students organization of Mapai. In his army service he was a guide in knowledge of the land.

He helped found the Labor Party's Young Guard and was its first chairman until 1970. He later headed the party's Jerusalem district and served as its secretary general from 1984 to 1989. He entered the Knesset in 1977 and was appointed Minister of Tourism in 1992, also serving as Minister of Internal Affairs in 1995.

He resigned from the Knesset in February 2001 and left political life. He later lectured on Israeli politics, chaired the public board of the Beit Lessin Theater from 2004 to 2017, and has written weekly columns for Haaretz since 2014. His son is the author Nir Baram.