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Yisrael Kessar was born in Yemen in 1931 and immigrated to Israel in
1933.
Kessar, an economist and a sociologist, holds an M.A. degree from Tel-Aviv
University. He has served in the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor)
since 1966 in many positions. He was Chairman of the Manpower Department and
the Youth and Sports Department (1966-71), Treasurer (1973-77), Chairman of
the Trade Union Department and Deputy Secretary-General (1977-84),
Secretary-General (1984-92). Kessar's full cooperation with the government,
as Secretary-General of the Histadrut, in the implementation of a emergency
stabilization plan for the economy in 1985 was an important factor in the
plan's success.
Kessar was elected a Member of the Knesset in 1984.
From 1992-1996 he served as Minister of Transport. He has retired from public life.
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