Binyamin Mintz Explained

Birth Date:12 January 1903
Birth Place:Łódź, Russian Empire
Suboffice2:United Religious Front
Subterm2:1949–1951
Suboffice3:Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Subterm3:1951–1955
Suboffice4:Religious Torah Front
Subterm4:1955–1960
Suboffice5:Poalei Agudat Yisrael
Subterm5:1960–1961
Office1:Ministerial roles
Suboffice1:Minister of Postal Services
Subterm1:1960–1961

Binyamin Mintz (Hebrew: בנימין מינץ, 12 January 1903  - 30 May 1961) was an Israeli politician who served briefly as Minister of Postal Services from July 1960 until his death.

Biography

Born in Łódź in the Russian Empire (today in Poland), Mintz studied in a Hasidic Ger school, and was a member of Young Agudat Yisrael. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1925, and worked in construction and as a printer.

In 1933, he joined Poalei Agudat Yisrael, and was later a member of the Provisional State Council. In 1949, he was elected to the first Knesset on the list of the United Religious Front (an alliance of the four main religious parties). Re-elected in 1951, 1955, and 1959, he was appointed Minister of Postal Services by David Ben-Gurion on 17 July 1960, serving until his death the following May.

The village of Yad Binyamin, established in 1962, was named in his honour.