Shlomo Hillel
Israeli diplomat (1923–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shlomo Hillel (Hebrew: שלמה הלל, 9 April 1923 – 8 February 2021[2]) was an Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police, Minister of Internal Affairs, and ambassador to several countries in Africa. As an agent of the Mossad LeAliyah Bet in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he arranged the mass airlift of Iraqi Jews to Israel known as Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.
Quick Facts Ministerial roles, 1969–1977 ...
Shlomo Hillel | |
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שלמה הלל | |
Ministerial roles | |
1969–1977 | Minister of Police |
1977 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1952–1959 | Workers' Party |
1969–1991 | Alignment |
1991–1992 | Labor Party |
Other roles | |
1959–1961 | Ambassador to Guinea |
1961–1963 | Ambassador to Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Dahomey and Niger |
1984–1988 | Speaker of the Knesset |
Personal details | |
Born | (1923-04-09)9 April 1923 Baghdad, Mandatory Iraq |
Died | 8 February 2021(2021-02-08) (aged 97)[1] |
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