Haim Gvati

Haim Gvati (Hebrew: חיים גבתי; 29 January 1901 – 19 October 1990) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician.

Born in Pinsk in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus), Gvati was a member of the Children of Renewal Zionist organisation in his youth.

In 1920 he was teaching in a Jewish school in Sevastopol, but later moved to Vilnius (then in Poland) where he was a member of HeHalutz and Tzeiri Zion.

Although he was not re-elected to the Knesset in the 1973 elections, he continued to serve as Minister of Agriculture until Golda Meir resigned; he was not included in Yitzhak Rabin's new government.

In 1982, Givati was awarded the Israel Prize, for his special contribution to society and the State, in work and industry.