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david of the bank of israel , with levi eshkol , horowitz the finance minister . 1956 -lrb- left -rrb- , the first governor drohobych , austria-hungary -lrb- now ukraine -rrb- israeli bank of israel 1954 -- 1971 file : david horvitz-levi eshkol1959.jpg david horowitz -lrb- economist -rrb-
 david horowitz
david horowitz -lrb- economist -rrb-

david horowitz -lrb- ; 1899 -- 10 august 1979 -rrb- was an israeli economist and the first governor of the bank of israel .
he was born in drohobych , in galicia , then part of the austro-hungarian empire , now in ukraine .
he came to israel in 1920 and was one of the first members of hashomer hatzair .
he served as the director of the economic department of the jewish agency for israel and was a member of the jewish agency delegation to the united nations in 1947 .
from may 1948 to june 1952 , he was the first head of the israeli ministry of finance .
in 1954 , he founded the bank of israel and served as its governor until 1971 .
following his retirement , he was appointed chairman of the advisory council and the advisory committee of the bank of israel , serving as an honorary chairman until his death in 1979 .
in 1968 he was awarded the israel prize for social sciences .
