Mordechai Ben-Porat, who was a minister and Member of Knesset, passed away today (Monday) at the age of 98. Ben-Porat, who was born in Baghdad, Iraq, immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1945 and joined the Haganah.
He completed the first IDF officers' course in 1948 and participated in the War of Independence and even worked to bring Iraqi Jews to Israel.
He began his political career in Or Yehuda and served as head of the council from 1955-1969.
Ben-Porat was one of the founders of the Rafi party and was elected on its behalf to the Sixth Knesset in 1965.
Three years later, he joined the Labor Party with Rafi and was elected by the party to the seventh and eighth Knessets and was deputy speaker of the Knesset.
Later in his political career, Ben-Porat served as a minister without portfolio.
In 2001, he was awarded the Israel Prize for "Lifetime Achievement and Special Contribution to Society and the State."
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