10 Facts About Dov Yosef

Dov Yosef later held ministerial positions in nine Israeli governments.

Dov Yosef attended McGill University, Universite Laval, and the University of London, qualifying as an attorney.

Dov Yosef was elected to the first Knesset in January 1949.

Dov Yosef was initially appointed Minister of Rationing and Supply in the first government, a key position during the austerity period.

The Prime Minister got his way, and in the new government Dov Yosef was moved to the transportation ministry.

Dov Yosef retained his seat in the 1951 elections, and was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Trade and Industry, losing the former portfolio in June 1952.

Dov Yosef retained this position in the new government formed by Moshe Sharett after Ben-Gurion had resigned to go and live on Kibbutz Sde Boker.

Dov Yosef retained his seat again in the 1955 elections, but was not appointed to a ministerial post.

Dov Yosef lost his seat in the 1959 elections, and never regained MK status.

Dov Yosef claimed that David Shaltiel, the commander of Jerusalem gave him a wrong picture of the situation in the city, causing the fall of the old city.