▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁he ▁sat ▁on ▁the ▁Agency ' s ▁board . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁deleg ations ▁which ▁negoti ated ▁the ▁Re par ations ▁Ag re ement ▁between ▁Israel ▁and ▁West ▁Germany . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁he ▁became ▁secretary - general ▁of ▁Map ai , ▁the ▁r uling ▁party , ▁a ▁role ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁In ▁the ▁elections ▁that ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁voted ▁into ▁the ▁K ness et ▁on ▁Map ai ' s ▁list , ▁and ▁was ▁appointed ▁Minister ▁of ▁Labour . ▁He ▁retained ▁his ▁seat ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁elections , ▁and ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁roles ▁of ▁Minister ▁of ▁H ous ing ▁and ▁Minister ▁of ▁Development . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁office ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁August ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Net anya ▁decided ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁a ▁street ▁named ▁after ▁Y ose ft al ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁disc rimin atory ▁policies ▁towards ▁North ▁African ▁imm igr ants ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁ ▁The ▁personal ▁papers ▁of ▁G ior a ▁Y ose ft al ▁are ▁kept ▁at ▁the ▁▁ ▁Central ▁Z ion ist ▁Archives ▁in ▁Jerusalem . ▁The ▁notation ▁of ▁the ▁record ▁group ▁is ▁A 3 4 4 . ▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 1 2