Dov Ben-Meir

Dov Ben-Meir (Hebrew: דב בן-מאיר; 11 August 1927 – 21 March 2020) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1981 and 1988.

Born Dov Zucker in Ciechocinek in Poland in 1927, Ben-Meir emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935.

He attended the Pardes Hanna Agricultural High School, and later studied for a BA in economics and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Between 1989 and 1990 he worked as an advisor on promoting ties with German-speaking countries for Minister of Finance Shimon Peres.

Since then he worked as an economic advisor to German companies doing business in Israel, for the Palestinian National Authority and Jordan.

Ben-Meir in 2016