Kiryat Menachem Begin , named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala , is a complex of government buildings in East Jerusalem located between Sheikh Jarrah in the north, adjacent to Mount Scopus in the east and Ammunition Hill in the west.
3-697: The Kiryat Menachem Begin complex serves as home to several government offices, along with the main government complex in Givat Ram . It also includes the National Headquarters of the Israel Police . The complex includes the following institutions: Government offices area in East Jerusalem were built after the Six-Day War in 1967 in an area that separated western and eastern Jerusalem. The first building
6-569: Is the government precinct of the State of Israel . It is located in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem . In December 1949, the Israeli cabinet, then headed by David Ben-Gurion , voted to move most of the country's official government institutions from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Construction work began in 1950. The original plans were drawn up by the architectural firms of Munio Gitai Weinraub and Al Mansfeld , but they were not implemented. The complex
9-578: Was the National Headquarters of the Israel Police that was inaugurated in 1973, planned by architect Dan Eytan. In the early 1980s, Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided to set up government offices close to the police headquarters. After his death the area was named after him. 31°47′49.9″N 35°14′0.63″E / 31.797194°N 35.2335083°E / 31.797194; 35.2335083 Kiryat HaMemshala Kiryat HaMemshala ( Hebrew : קרית הממשלה , lit. Government complex), also known as Kiryat Ben-Gurion , ( lit. Ben-Gurion complex)
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