A life devoted to settlement and agriculture
Milestones | Rupin Address | Recollections
Chaim Molcho was born in Bulgaria in 1927 and emigrated to Israel in 1944 under the auspices of Aliyat HaNoar. He joined the Haganah in 1945, and served in the Israeli army from 1948-1950. In 1946 he joined a core group of settlers who founded eleven Negev settlements, and became a member of Kibbutz Urim. He had four children and twelve grandchildren.
Education
- Completed high school in Bulgaria
- Studied at Kibbutz Geva under the auspices of Aliyat HaNoar
- Completed studies in business management at the Rupin Academy
- Various enrichment classes in management and organization
Positions held at Kibbutz Urim
- Laborer in field crops
- Purchasing manager
- General Director of the kibbutz farming activities (two terms of office - 10 years)
- Director of the Michsaf metal factory (6 years)
- Director of the Noam textile factory (5 years)
Positions held in the Negev region
- Chairman of the Agricultural Committee in the local council
- Chairman of the Negev Committee
- Chairman of the Drought Committee
- Member of the Negev Committee
- Member of the Merchavim Regional Council
- Member of the Eshkol Regional Council
Positions held in the Ministry of Agriculture / Negev and Arava District (1960-1966)
- Officer of Negev and Arava Development (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Assistant Director of the Negev District (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Director of the Rehovot District (Ministry of Agriculture)
- Director of the Dead Sea Industries
- Director of Fertilizers and Chemicals
Assistant Director of Production and Development in the Ministry of Agriculture (1974-1982)
- Chairman of the Board of Mekorot (1974-1977)
- Chairman of the Vegetable Board
- Chairman of the Grape and Wine Board
- Chairman of the Milk Board
- Chairman of the Fund for Natural Disasters
- Chairman of the Cotton Board
Director of the Central Farm Department (from 1987)
- Director of Rupin Academy
- Director of the Sam Hamburg Fund
- Director of the Hazera Company
- Director of Agrexco
- Director of Tnuva
- Director of Brit Pikuach
- Director of the PERI Company
"The Advancement of Agriculture and Settlement"
A speech addressing the need to improve agricultural policies in Israel - delivered by Chaim Molcho on the eve of the 13th Kenesset, May 1992.
"You will be greatly missed" (excerpts from the eulogy delivered by Shimcha Assaf)
"A designer of the Negev 'Drought Line'" (by Eliezer Ben-Tzvi - Director of the Economic Committee of the Kibbutz Movement / Fund Director of the Center for Agriculture.)
"Initiator of the 'Shafdan'" (by Yoram Tamari - holder of the water portfolio in The Center for Agriculture)
"A comprehensive grasp of research" (by Raphael Agmon - Director of the Department of Foreign Relations and Research, in The Center for Agriculture)
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