Ze'ev Tzur

Ze'ev Tzur was born in 1911 in Russian Empire

Ze'ev Tzur was born Ze'ev Stein on 11 September 1911 in Krynki, then in the Russian Empire. He studied at a Hebrew gymnasium in Hrodna and at a polytechnic in Vilnius. In Poland he was active in the Dror youth movement.

In 1931 he emigrated to the Land of Israel and joined the HaSadeh group in Rishon LeZion. In 1937 he was among the founders of Sde Nahum, where he made his home. He sat on the Rishon LeZion Workers Council in 1933 and 1934.

In 1944 he joined the Agricultural Center and became one of the founders of the Ahdut HaAvoda-Poale Zion faction, which broke away from Mapai. He was elected to the Knesset in 1955 and was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture that year. He lost his seat in 1959.

From 1961 he was the party's political secretary, and he also sat on the editorial board of the LaMerhav newspaper. He returned to the Knesset on the Alignment list in 1965 and lost his seat in 1969.

Later he worked at Yad Tabenkin, where he ran its archive, and wrote books on the history of the kibbutz movement. He was married to Leah and had 2 daughters. He died on 28 September 1994 and was buried at Sde Nahum.