Yoram Aridor

Yoram Aridor was born in 1933 in Tel Aviv

Yoram Aridor was born Yoram Liberman in Tel Aviv on 24 October 1933. His father changed the family name to Aridor in 1948.

He finished high school at Ironi Alef. At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science and a master's degree in law. He became a lawyer in 1959 and worked in the office of Shmuel Tamir.

He joined the Herut movement in 1961. He entered the Knesset in 1969 with Gahal and served until 1988. After the 1977 elections he became a deputy minister in the Prime Minister's Office under Menachem Begin.

In 1981 he became Minister of Communications and ended the blocking of color television broadcasts. Two weeks later he became Minister of Finance and cut taxes on cars and appliances, a period called the "Merry Aridor Days". Inflation later rose to 191% in 1983, and he resigned on 15 October 1983 after criticism of his plan to peg the shekel to the US dollar.

From 1990 to 1992 he was Israel's ambassador to the United Nations. In 2002 he joined the board of Bezeq. He later headed a committee on state aid to public institutions.