Background
Yaacobi, Gad was born on January 18, 1935 in Moshav Kfar Vitkin, Israel. Son of Alexander and Sara Yaacobi.
Yaacobi, Gad was born on January 18, 1935 in Moshav Kfar Vitkin, Israel. Son of Alexander and Sara Yaacobi.
Graduate in Economics and Political Science, Tel Aviv University.
Assistant to minister agriculture, head agricultural and settlement planning and development center Government of Israel, 1960-1966, deputy minister transport, 1971-1974, minister transport, 1974-1977, minister economics and planning, 1984-1988, minister communications, 1987-1990, member Inner Cabinet, 1990, ambassador to United Nations New York City, 1992-1996. Member of Parliament Knesset, 1969-1992. Chairman Ports & Rlwys.
Authority, Israel, 2000—2004. Member Moshavim Movement, 1960-1967. Chair economic council Histadrut, Labor Union, Rafi Faction.
Member parliamentary finance committee Knesset, 1969-1970, member parliamentary defense and foreign affairs committee, 1974. Chairman board directors Israel Electrical Corporation, 1996. Visiting professor Inter-disciplinary Center, Herzlia, Israel.
The Power of Quality, 1971, The Freedom to Choose, 1975, The Government, 1980, A Call for Change, 1983, Grace of Time, 1991, The New-York Diary, 1997, On the Razor's Edge, 1991, (poetry) A Place Nearby, 1998, Until the Day Will Come, 2005. Grace of Time-An Autobiography, 2002.
Moshavim Movement 1960-1967. Central Committee Histadrut, Labour Union, Rafi Faction 1966-1969. Central Committee, Secretary Labour Party. Inner Cabinet since 1990.
Married Nela Yaacobi.