Background
Gil, Benjamin Zvi was born on July 13, 1911 in Stebnik, Poland. Son of Shlomo and Amalya (Benkendorf) Freilichmann.
Gil, Benjamin Zvi was born on July 13, 1911 in Stebnik, Poland. Son of Shlomo and Amalya (Benkendorf) Freilichmann.
Doctor Political Sciences, University Rome, 1937. Certified statistician-demographer. Statistician Jewish Agency for Palestine, Jerusalem, 1940-1941.
Research assistant Government of Palestine, Jerusalem, 1946-1948.
Head. deputy Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, 1948-1959. Expert-adviser United Nations, Africa, since 1959, chief technical adviser, Kenya, since 1981, project manager, consultant, Nairobi, since 1981.
Lecturer statistics University Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv and Haifa, 1952-1957. Regional demographic adviser Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, 1969-1972.
Director regional technical bureau Union Douaniè re et Economique d"Afrique Centrale, Bangui, 1973-1975.
Contributor articles to professional publications Chairman, Union of Civil Servants, Jerusalem, 1948-1949, Coordination Committee for Professional Civil Servants, Jerusalem, 1949-1950.
Served with Royal Artillery, 1941-1946. Member International Statistical Institute, International Institute Sociology, International Union for Science Study Population, American Statistical Association, African Statisticians and Demographers.
Married Jania Hammer Gil, July 31, 1944. Children– Avishai Gil, Adith Soffair.