Yitzhak Nebenzahl

Yitzhak Ernst Nebenzahl was Israel's second State Comptroller, serving from 1961 to 1981.

1907 to 1992State Comptroller of IsraelIsrael's Ombudsman from 1971Membership in the Agranat Commission

Born: 24 October 1907, Frankfurt
Died: 19 December 1992, Israel
Occupation: banker
Education: Goethe University Frankfurt

Yitzhak Nebenzahl was born in 1907 in Frankfurt

Nebenzahl was born in Frankfurt on 24 October 1907 to Beila and Akiva Yehuda HaLevi Nebenzahl. In Germany he was active in the Zionist academics' organization and headed the Haredi youth movement Ezra.

He earned a doctorate in law from Frankfurt University in 1929 and lectured there in civil law. He also taught law at universities in Berlin and Freiburg.

He moved to Mandate Palestine in 1933 and settled in Jerusalem. He was legal adviser to Yefet Bank until 1946 and later chaired Hollander and Co, the Postal Bank and the advisory council of the Bank of Israel. In 1948 he served as an officer on the IDF General Staff.

In 1961 he became State Comptroller, and from 1971 he was also Ombudsman. He sat on the Agranat Commission on the Yom Kippur War and chaired INTOSAI from 1965 to 1968.

After leaving office he became president of the Jerusalem College of Technology. He and his wife Hilda had four children, among them Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl and lawyer Plia Albeck. He died in December 1992 and was buried in Sanhedria cemetery.