Yigal Hurvitz

Yigal Hurvitz (; 15 October 1918 – 10 January 1994) was an Israeli farmer, businessman and politician who served as a government minister in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Biography Hurvitz was born in Nahlat Yehuda (today part of Rishon LeZion) in 1918, but grew up in the rural village of Nahalal. After the war he purchased a dairy and poultry farm in Kfar Warburg. In November 1979 he was appointed Minister of Finance, but left the cabinet again on 13 January 1981. On 26 January he and two other Likud MKs broke away from the Likud to form Rafi – National List. On 19 May he left the new faction to join Moshe Dayan's Telem.

After being placed third on Telem's list, he lost his seat in the 1981 elections when the party won only two seats. However, following Dayan's death in October 1981, Hurvitz re-entered the Knesset as his replacement. In June 1983 he left Telem and re-formed Rafi – National List. Shortly before the 1984 elections he renamed it Ometz (lit. Courage).

Although the party won only a single seat in the elections (taken by Hurvitz), it joined the national unity government and Hurvitz was appointed Minister without Portfolio, a role he held until 1988. In 1987 he rejoined Likud. He won re-election on Likud's list in the 1988 elections, but lost his seat in 1992. He died two years later.