Politics
In 1985, Shalom was appointed adviser to the finance minister, Yitzhak Moda'i, who was later appointed justice minister. At the age of 31, he was appointed as the CEO of the energy ministry and two years later, in 1990, he was appointed director in chief of the Israel Electric Company.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God’s infinite mercy, a last resort.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“Our family talked a lot at table, and only two subjects were taboo: politics and personal troubles. The first was sternly avoided because Father ran a nonpartisan daily in a small town, with some success, and did not wish to express his own opinions in public, even when in private.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there’s something wrong with American politics.”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)