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Yitzhak Klinghoffer

Yitzhak Klinghoffer was an Israeli jurist, law professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Knesset member from 1961 to 1974.

1905 to 1990Proposed bill of human rightsIsraeli constitutional and administrative lawFounding the Liberal PartyLeading the Association for Civil Rights

Born: 17 February 1905, Galicia
Died: 31 January 1990, Jerusalem
Occupation: politician, pedagogue, lawyer, legal scholar
Party: The Israeli Liberal Party
Education: University of Vienna

Yitzhak Klinghoffer was born in 1905 in Galicia

Klinghoffer was born in Galicia in 1905 and grew up in Vienna. He studied at the University of Vienna and earned doctorates in law and in political science.

After Germany annexed Austria, he moved to France and later to Brazil. In Brazil he was legal advisor to the Austrian Embassy from 1948 to 1953.

In 1953 he immigrated to Israel and joined the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as dean of the faculty and worked in administrative and constitutional law.

He helped found the Liberal Party and served in the Knesset from 1961 to 1974. In 1964 he submitted a bill of basic human rights, which was rejected. He also worked for a written constitution for Israel.

He was legal advisor to the Comptroller of the Defense Establishment from 1975 to 1976. He was the first president of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel from 1976 to 1982. He won the Tzeltner Prize in 1988 and died in 1990.