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Yuval Ne'eman

Yuval Ne'eman was an Israeli physicist, IDF officer and politician who proposed the SU(3) classification of hadrons and founded the Tehiya party.

1925 to 2006SU(3) classification of hadronsFounding the Tehiya partyFounding the Israel Space AgencyPresidency of Tel Aviv University

Born: 14 May 1925, Tel Aviv
Died: 26 April 2006, Tel Aviv
Occupation: physicist, politician, pedagogue, university teacher
Party: Tehiya
Education: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium
Rank: aluf mishne
Wars: 1948 Palestine war, Suez Crisis

Yuval Ne'eman was born in 1925 in Tel Aviv

Yuval Ne'eman was born in Tel Aviv in 1925, the eldest son of Tzipora and Gedalia Ne'eman. His grandfather was one of the founders of Tel Aviv. As a child he lived with his parents in Port Said, Egypt, until age 9.

He studied at the Herzliya Gymnasium and finished high school at 15. He then studied mechanical engineering at the Technion.

He joined the Haganah at 15. In the War of Independence he served in the Givati Brigade, and later headed the Planning Department of the General Staff. He was IDF attaché in London and left the army in 1961 as a colonel.

In London he earned a PhD in physics under Abdus Salam. In 1961 he proposed the SU(3) classification of hadrons, independently of Murray Gell-Mann. He founded the physics school at Tel Aviv University and became its president in 1971.

He founded Tehiya and served in the Knesset from 1981 to 1990. He was Minister of Science and later Minister of Energy until 1992. He died in Tel Aviv in 2006.

Milestones in Yuval Ne'eman's life

1925
Born in Tel Aviv.
1961
Left the IDF as a colonel and proposed the SU(3) classification.
1969
Received the Israel Prize in exact sciences.
1971
Became president of Tel Aviv University.
1981
Elected to the Knesset for Tehiya.
1983
Founded the Israel Space Agency.
1990
Appointed Minister of Energy.
2006
Died in Tel Aviv.

Yuval Ne'eman held 2 offices between 1981 and 1992

19252006

Knesset member 1981 to 1990
Minister of Energy 1990 to 1992

Yuval Ne'eman served in the military

He joined the Haganah at 15 and served in the Givati Brigade in the War of Independence. He later headed the General Staff Planning Department, was IDF attaché in London, and left the army in 1961 as a colonel.