Yitzhak Gruenbaum
Yitzhak Gruenbaum | |
|---|---|
יצחק גרינבוים | |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1948–1949 | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 November 1879 Warsaw, Russian Empire |
| Died | 7 September 1970 (aged 90) Gan Shmuel, Israel |
| Political party | Bloc of National Minorities |
Yitzhak Gruenbaum (Polish: Izaak Grünbaum, Hebrew and Yiddish: יצחק גרינבוים; 1879–1970) was a Polish and later Israeli politician. He was a leader of the Bloc of National Minorities and one of the top Zionist leaders in interwar Poland. In 1933 he travelled to Mandatory Palestine and became active in Labor Zionist groups. He served as the first Minister of the Interior of Israel. In 1952 he was a candidate for President of Israel.