# Yitzhak Berman
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{{short description|Israeli politician (1913–2013)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name = {{nobold|{{Script/Hebrew|יצחק ברמן}}}}
| native_name_lang = he
| image = Isaac Berman (00370449).jpg
| caption = Berman as Knesset member
| office = [Speaker of the Knesset](/source/Speaker_of_the_Knesset)
| term_start = 12 March 1980
| term_end = 20 July 1981
| predecessor = [Yitzhak Shamir](/source/Yitzhak_Shamir)
| successor = [Menachem Savidor](/source/Menachem_Savidor)
| office1 = Ministerial roles
| suboffice1 = {{nowrap|[Minister of Energy & Infrastructure](/source/National_Infrastructure_Minister_of_Israel)}}
| subterm1 = 1981–1982
| office2 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset)
| suboffice2 = [Likud](/source/Likud)
| subterm2 = 1977–1984
| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|06|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Berdychiv](/source/Berdychiv), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|08|04|1913|06|03|df=y}}
| death_place = [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), Israel
}}
[[File:Yitzhak Berman's grave.JPG|thumb|240px|Berman's grave at [Mount Herzl](/source/Mount_Herzl)]]
'''Yitzhak Berman''' ({{langx|he|יצחק ברמן}}; 3 June 1913 – 4 August 2013) was an Israeli politician who served as [Minister of Energy and Infrastructure](/source/National_Infrastructure_Minister_of_Israel) from August 1981 until September 1982.[[https://www.knesset.gov.il/govt/eng/GovtByNumber_eng.asp?govt=19 Tenth Knesset: Government 19] Knesset] He was also [Speaker of the Knesset](/source/Speaker_of_the_Knesset) from 1980 until 1981.
==Biography==
Born in [Berdychiv](/source/Berdychiv) in the [Kiev Governorate](/source/Kiev_Governorate) of the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) (present-day [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine)), Berman [emigrated](/source/aliyah) to [Mandate Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine) in 1920.[[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=317 Yitzhak Berman: Particulars] Knesset ] He studied at a teacher training college in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), before studying to be a lawyer in [London](/source/London).[
In 1939 he joined the [Irgun](/source/Irgun) and worked in the organisation's intelligence department. In 1941, during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he enlisted in the [British Army](/source/British_Army) and served in intelligence. He also served in the [Israel Defense Forces](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) between 1948 and 1950, fighting in the [1948 Arab-Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab-Israeli_War).
In 1950 he began work as the legal advisor of the Kaiser-Fraizier Factory in [Haifa](/source/Haifa), becoming Director General by the time he left in 1954.][[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=317 Yitzhak Berman: Public Activities] Knesset] In 1951 he joined the [General Zionists](/source/General_Zionists) and became chairman of the party's [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv) branch in 1964. In 1974 he became chairman of the party's national secretariat,[ and in [1977 elections](/source/1977_Israeli_legislative_election) was voted into the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) on the list of [Likud](/source/Likud) (of which the General Zionists had become a faction). After being re-elected in 1981 he was appointed Minister of Energy and Infrastructure in [Menachem Begin](/source/Menachem_Begin)'s government. However, he resigned from the post on 30 September 1982 due to the government's attitude towards the [Kahan Commission](/source/Kahan_Commission), which was investigating the [Sabra and Shatila massacre](/source/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre).
Berman lost his seat in the [1984 elections](/source/1984_Israeli_legislative_election). In 1986 he was amongst the founders of the Centre Liberal Party, and the following year was one of the founders of the Centre Party (unrelated to the later [Centre Party](/source/Centre_Party_(Israel))).
He lived his last years in a [retirement home](/source/retirement_home) in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv). After [turning 100](/source/centenarian) in June 2013,][{{cite web|script-title=he:ישיבה מס' 35 - תור 13|website=Knesset|date = 2013-06-03|url = https://www.knesset.gov.il/plenum/data/19_tor_233177.doc|format = DOC|access-date = 2013-06-15|language=he}}] he died in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv) on 4 August 2013 and was buried at [Mount Herzl](/source/Mount_Herzl) in [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem).
==References==
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==External links==
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