Yehoshua Rabinovitz

Yehoshua Rabinovitz (Hebrew: יהושע רבינוביץ; 12 November 1911 – 14 August 1979) was an Israeli politician who served as a government minister and mayor of Tel Aviv.

Born in Vishneva in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus), Rabinovitz attended high school in Vilnius, and went on to train as a teacher in the same city.

[1] He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934 and studied in the economics and law school of Tel Aviv University.

[1] After Meir resigned, he became Minister of Finance in Yitzhak Rabin's government, serving until 1977.

[2] While attending the funeral of David Horowitz in August 1979, Rabinovitz suffered a heart attack and died from it soon after.

Tomb of Rabinovitz and fellow mayor of Tel Aviv Mordechai Namir in Trumpeldor cemetery