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The military secretary of PM Nehemiah Argov with PM Ben-Gurion, Orig. Photograph, 1950’s, PC size - The military secretary of PM Nehemiah Argov with PM Ben-Gurion, Orig. Photograph, 1950’s, PC size Signed in Hebrew on reverse side. Argov Nehemiah with Ben-Gurion – Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion with his close and beloved secretary Nehemiah Argov, who later committed suicide after being involved in a fatal car accident. 1950's Nehemiah Argov was born on December 2, 1914 in Riga in the family of an Hebrew teacher. Since 1927, he took part in the ха-шомер ха-цаир movement and soon became one of its activists in Latvia. In 1935 he repatriated to mandated Palestine, was a construction worker. His brother David, who remained in Europe, survived the Holocaust and repatriated to Israel after the Second World War. He was among the founders of kibbutz Ein-Gev. Since 1939 — member of the Haganah, adjutant of the commander of the Haifa district, later — adjutant of the Haganah commanders Yaakova Dori, Yitzhak Sade and Israel Galili. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, he was David Ben-Gurion's military advisor (he was the most closely related person to him). In the years 1948−1954, including during the War of Independence, he was the military secretary of the Prime Minister of Israel. At the beginning of 1952, he was sent to battalion commander courses. In 1955-1956, including during the Sinai War, he was the military secretary of the Prime Minister of Israel. At the end of 1957, he knocked down a cyclist on his car; The police said that this happened because of a bee bite. The cyclist received severe injuries. On November 2, 1957, he ended his life by suicide; пришедший к нему в гости Shimon Peres discovered his body. For Ben-Gurion, who was then in the hospital, a special edition of the newspaper was released, in which there was no message about Argov's death. Buried at the military cemetery in Kiryat-Shaul.