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:
“The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous.... Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.”
—Harold Rosenberg (1906–1978)
“I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)