Question: Facts: - minister: minister of agriculture - party: alignment - ministeryears: 1984 -- 1988 - birth date: 2 november 1925 - partyyears: 1981 -- 1988 - birth place: nahalal , mandatory palestine Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of aryeh nehemkin .
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aryeh nehemkin -lrb- , born 2 november 1925 -rrb- is a former israeli politician who served as minister of agriculture from 1984 until 1988 .born in nahalal during the mandate era , nehemkin was a haganah member between 1943 and 1948 .during the 1948 arab-israeli war he served in the idf , reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel .he was a member of the economic committee of the moshavim movement in 1959-60 , becoming the co-ordinator of its economic section between 1965 and 1967 , before serving as the movement 's secretary between 1970 and 1981 .in 1981 he was elected to the knesset on the alignment 's list .he was re-elected in 1984 , and was appointed minister of agriculture in the national unity government .however , he lost his seat in the 1988 elections .