Abraham Katz-Oz

Abraham Katz-Oz studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Rehovot Campus of the Hebrew University. The recorded working language is English and Hebrew. Places of work recorded in the authority are Jerusalem. Positions recorded include Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Knesset member.

• Born — 7 December 1934 • Birthplace — Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine • Office2 — Faction represented in the Knesset • Suboffice2 — Alignment • Subterm2 — 1978–1991 • Suboffice3 — Labor Party • Subterm3 — 1991–1992 • Suboffice4 — Labor Party • Subterm4 — 1995–1996 • Office1 — Ministerial roles • Suboffice1 — Minister of Agriculture • Subterm1 — 1988–1990

Katz-Oz was born in Tel Aviv during the Mandate era to Michel-Mordechai Katz and Siona Tagger. He graduated from Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School. Katz-Oz studied at the Faculty for Agriculture in Rehovot and the Faculty for Genetics in Jerusalem. He worked as the agricultural co-ordinator and secretary of kibbutz Nahal Oz and was secretary of Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim between 1969 and 1973. In 1976 he became chairman of the organisational branch of the Labor Party (then part of the Alignment alliance), serving until 1978. He was on the alliance's list for the 1977 elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 18 April the following year as a replacement for Yitzhak Navon, following his election to the post of president. He was re-elected in 1981 and 1984, and was appointed Deputy Agriculture Minister in the national unity government formed in 1984. Following the 1988 elections he became Minister of Agriculture, serving until the Alignment withdrew from the government in March 1990. He lost his seat in the 1992 election, though he returned to it in July 1995 as a replacement for the deceased Mordechai Gur. However, he resigned his seat in May 1996 and was replaced by Pini Shomer.