Binyamin Ben-Eliezer

Benjamin Ben-Eliezer
בנימין בן-אליעזר‎
Ministerial roles
1992–1996	Minister of Housing & Construction
1999–2001	Deputy Prime Minister
1999–2001	Minister of Communications
2000–2001	Minister of Housing & Construction
2001–2002	Minister of Defense
2005	Minister of National Infrastructure
2006–2009	Minister of National Infrastructure
2009–2011	Minister of Industry, Trade & Labour
Faction represented in the Knesset
1984	Yahad
1984–1991	Alignment
1991–1999	Labor Party
1999–2001	One Israel
2001–2014	Labor Party
Personal details
Born	(1936-02-12)12 February 1936 Basra, Kingdom of Iraq
Died	28 August 2016(2016-08-28) (aged 80) Tel Aviv, Israel
Resting place	South Cemetery (Israel)

Benjamin "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer (Arabic: بنيامين بن إليعازر; Hebrew: בנימין "פואד" בן אליעזר; 12 February 1936 – 28 August 2016) was an Iraqi-born Israeli politician and general. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1984 and 2014, and held several ministerial posts, including Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour; Minister of Defense; and Deputy Prime Minister. He served as leader of the Israeli Labor Party between 2001 and 2002.