Yosef Burg

Yosef Burg יוסף בורג‎
Ministerial roles
1951–1952	Minister of Health
1952–1958	Minister of Postal Services
1959–1970	Minister of Welfare
1970–1974	Minister of Internal Affairs
1974–1976	Minister of Internal Affairs
1975	Minister of Welfare
1977–1984	Minister of Internal Affairs
1981–1984	Minister of Religious Affairs
1984	Minister without Portfolio
1984–1986	Minister of Religious Affairs
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1951	United Religious Front
1951–1956	Hapoel HaMizrachi
1956–1969	National Religious Party
1974–1988	National Religious Party
Personal details
Born	31 January 1909 Dresden, Germany
Died	15 October 1999(1999-10-15) (aged 90) Jerusalem, Israel

Shlomo Yosef Burg (Hebrew: שלמה יוסף בורג‎, 31 January 1909 – 15 October 1999) was a German-born Israeli politician. In 1949, he was elected to the first Knesset, and served in many ministerial positions for the next 40 years. He was one of the founders of the National Religious Party.^[1]