About Ya'akov Uri
Lived 1888 – 1970 (aged 82). Ya'akov Uri was an Israeli politician.
Ya'akov Uri (; 3 March 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1951 and 1955.
Biography Born in the Poltava Oblast in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Uri was educated at a yeshiva, and made aliyah to Ottoman-controlled Palestine in 1910. A member of Hapoel Hatzair, he was amongst the founders of Nahalal, the first moshav, and the Moshavim Movement, for whom he edited the monthly publication Talamim.
A member of Mapai, he was a delegate to the Assembly of Representatives. In 1951, he was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list, but lost his seat in the 1955 elections.
He died in 1970 at the age of 82, and was buried in Nahalal Cemetery.
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Israeli politician (1888-1970)
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Ya'akov Uri was born on 3 March 1888 in Poltava Governorate.
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Ya'akov Uri died on 26 July 1970 in Israel.
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Ya'akov Uri was a politician.
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