Yuval Ne'eman
Yuval Ne'eman (Hebrew: יובל נאמן, 14 May 1925 – 26 April 2006) was an Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician. He was Minister of Science and Development in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the President of Tel Aviv University from 1971 to 1977. He was awarded the Israel Prize in the field of exact sciences (which he returned in 1992 in protest of the award of the Israel Prize to Emile Habibi), the Albert Einstein Award, the Wigner Medal, and the EMET Prize for Arts, Sciences and Culture.
Yuval Ne'eman | |
|---|---|
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1982–1984 | Minister of Science & Development |
| 1990–1992 | Minister of Science & Technology |
| 1990–1992 | Minister of Energy & Infrastructure |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1981–1992 | Tehiya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1925 Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 26 April 2006 (aged 80) Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Alma mater | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
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