Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi

Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi (Arabic: عبد العزيز الزعبي, Hebrew: עבד אל-עזיז א-זועבי‎; 4 February 1926 – 14 February 1974) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and the Alignment from 1965 until his death in 1974.

When appointed Deputy Minister of Health on 24 May 1971, he became the first non-Jewish member of an Israeli government.

[1] Born in Nazareth during the Mandate era, el-Zoubi was educated at a local high school, before attending the Arab College in Jerusalem.

[3] In the November 1965 Knesset elections he won a seat on the Mapam list, and entered the parliament.

He was re-elected in 1969 on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam), and on 24 May 1971 was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in Golda Meir's government.