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List Of Members Of The Thirteenth Knesset
The 120 members of the thirteenth Knesset were elected on 23 June 1992. The breakdown by party was as follows: * Labor Party: 44 *Likud: 32 *Meretz: 12 *Tzomet: 8 *National Religious Party: 6 *Shas: 6 *United Torah Judaism: 4 *Hadash: 3 *Moledet Moledet () was a minor right-wing to far-right political party in Israel. History Moledet was established by Rehavam Ze'evi in 1988. It won two seats in the Knesset elections later that year, taken by Ze'evi and Yair Sprinzak. It joined Yi ...: 3 * Arab Democratic Party: 2 List of members Replacements External linksMembers of the Thirteenth KnessetKnesset website {{Knesset members 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knesset
The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supervises the work of the government, among other things. In addition, the Knesset elects the State Comptroller of Israel, state comptroller. It also has the power to waive the immunity of its members, remove the president and the state comptroller from office, dissolve the government in a constructive vote of no confidence, and to dissolve itself and call new elections. The prime minister may also Dissolution of parliament, dissolve the Knesset. However, until an election is completed, the Knesset maintains authority in its current composition.The Knesset Jewish Virtual Library. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Ben-Menachem
Eli Ben-Menachem (; born 24 November 1947) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, the Labor Party and One Israel between 1988 and 2006. Biography Born in Bombay, India (today Mumbai), Ben-Menachem emigrated to Israel in 1949. He studied at a military academy, and worked as an aircraft technician, eventually becoming chairman of the El Al workers' union. In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list. After being re-elected in 1992 (this time on the Labor Party list), he was appointed Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office on 4 August 1992. On 8 April 1993 he became Deputy Minister of Housing and Construction, a post he held until Binyamin Netanyahu formed a Likud-led government in 1996. Following the 1996 elections, Ben-Menachem became chairman of the committee on Drug Abuse. He was placed 27th on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Gesher and Meimad) for the May 1999 elections, and lost his se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalia Itzik
Dalia Itzik ( ''Dalya Itsik''; born 20 October 1952) is an Israeli former politician who last served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima. She has previously served in several ministerial positions, and on 4 May 2006 became the first female speaker of the Knesset, and served as President of Israel in an Interim and Acting President of Israel, interim capacity in July 2007. Biography Itzik was born in Jerusalem. Her parents were Iraqi Jews who had immigrated to Israel. Her family was poor; her father was an alcoholic and at times her mother had to steal food for the family to survive. She attended a religious high school, and afterwards, avoided conscription to the Israel Defense Forces by declaring herself religious. She then attended a teacher training course, and went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts, BA in Literature and History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a BA in law from Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, IDC Herzliya. She worked as a teacher, during which sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Harish
Michael Harish (; born 28 November 1936) is a former Israeli politician who served as Minister of Industry and Trade between 1992 and 1996. Since 23 January 2011, he has served as the temporary chairman of the Labor Party, following the resignation of Ehud Barak as party chairman. Biography Born in Timișoara in Romania in 1936, Harish emigrated to Israel in 1950, and served in the Golani Brigade during his mandatory military service. He subsequently studied for a BA in economics and political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Knesset A member of the Labor Party, he was elected to the |
Mordechai Gur
Mordechai "Motta" Gur (; May 6, 1930 – July 16, 1995) was an Israeli politician and the 10th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six-Day War (1967), he commanded the brigade that penetrated the Old City of Jerusalem and broadcast the famous words, "The Temple Mount is in our hands!" (, ''Har HaBayit B'Yadeinu''). As Chief of Staff, he had responsibility for planning and executing Operation Entebbe (1976) to free Jewish hostages in Uganda. He later entered the Knesset and held various ministerial portfolios. Gur wrote three popular children's books and three books about military history. Military career Gur was born in Jerusalem and later joined the Palmach Haganah (the underground armed group of the Jews in the British Mandate of Palestine). He continued serving in a military capacity with the founding of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In the IDF, Gur served in the Paratroopers Brigade most of his career and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Goldschmidt
Eli Goldschmidt (; born 17 October 1953) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Israel and the Labor Party between 1992 and 2001. Biography Born in Tel Aviv, Goldschmidt studied law at Tel Aviv University, where he earned an MA before working as a lawyer. He was first elected to the Knesset on the Labor Party list in 1992 and chaired the House Committee and the Joint Committee for the Knesset Budget during his first term. After being re-elected in 1996 he chaired the Economic Affairs Committee. For the 1999 elections he was placed thirteenth on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor, Meimad Meimad (, an acronym for ''Medina Yehudit, Medina Demokratit'' (), lit., ''Jewish State, Democratic State'') is a moderate to left-wing religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movem ... and Gesher), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micha Goldman
Micha Goldman (; born 10 October 1948) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party between 1988 and 1999. Biography Born in Kfar Tavor, Goldman studied municipal management at the University of Haifa, and worked in agriculture. He served as head of Kfar Tavor's local council, and on the board of trustees at the University of Haifa.Micha Goldman: Public Activities Knesset He was also a member of the country's committee, the management board of the local government bank, and on the board of directors of |
Gedalia Gal
Gedalia Gal (; born 14 February 1933) is an Israeli farmer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party from 1988 until 1996. Biography Born in Magdiel during the Mandate era, Gal attended a professional high school and went on to work in agriculture, including emissary work for the Moshavim Movement. In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list. In 1992 he was heavily involved in what became known as the "Gal law", which dealt with moshavim's debts. He was re-elected in 1992, by which time the Alignment, followed a merge, ran as the Labor Party. During his second term he chaired the influential Finance Committee and was involved in the creation of the 1996 Electricity Law. He was involved in the Third Way movement, but did not join when it became an official party, preferring to remain in the Labor Party. However, he lost his seat in the 1996 elections. After leaving the Knesset he was appointed CEO of Tnuva dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Elul
Rafael "Rafi" Elul (; born 23 September 1957) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1992 and 1996. Biography Born in Morocco, Elul made aliyah in 1961 at the age of four. He gained a BA in political science and sociology and an MA in business administration, both from Bar-Ilan University. He also took courses in local government studies and public administration, and worked in the country's civil service. In 1989 he became mayor of Mazkeret Batya, a position he held until 1994. He was first elected to the Knesset in 1992. After re-election in 1996 he served as chairman of the Public Petitions Committee. He lost his seat in the 1999 elections. He later joined Kadima, and was 47th on the party's list for the 2006 elections. For the 2009 elections he was 106th. Elul has also served as chairman of the Movement for Combating Poverty and the Friends of Kaplan Medical Center Kaplan Medical Center (, ''Merkaz Refu'i Kaplan'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Edri
Rafael Edri (; 10 September 1937 – 22 June 2024) was an Israeli buisnessman and politician who served as a Member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party from 1981 to 1999. He also served as Minister without Portfolio between 1988 and 1990 and briefly as Minister of the Environment in 1990. Life and career Born in Casablanca in Morocco, Edri emigrated to Israel in 1956. In 1957, Edri became an aide to the head of the Hatzor HaGlilit local council, serving at various times as a clerk, secretary and treasurer. In 1960, Edri was conscripted into service in the Israel Defense Forces, serving for a short time near Tel Hai in the Upper Galilee. Edri led Mapai and subsequently the Israeli Labor Party through three municipal elections in 1965, 1969 and 1973. Edri lost all three elections to a coalition between Mafdal and Gahal (later Likud), but formed successsive coalitions in the middle of each term, the first from March 1968 to December 1969, with support from a counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yael Dayan
Yael Dayan (; 12 February 1939 – 18 May 2024), also known as Yaël Dayan, was an Israeli politician and author. She served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 2003, and from 2008 to 2013 was the chair of Tel Aviv city council. Her service on the city council ended with the 2013 election. She was the daughter of Moshe Dayan and the sister of Assi and Udi Dayan. Early life and education Dayan was born in Nahalal during the British Mandate, the daughter of Moshe Dayan and Ruth Schwartz, granddaughter of Shmuel Dayan. After serving in the IDF as a captain in the Spokesperson's Unit, Dayan studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and biology at the Open University of Israel. Career Between 1959 and 1967, Dayan was in a relationship with Greek Cypriot theatre and film director, writer, producer, and actor Michael Cacoyannis and lived in Greece. She later married Dov Sion, with whom she had two children. Dayan died from lung disease on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eli Dayan
Eli Dayan (; born 25 October 1949) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party between 1988 and 1996, and as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 until 1996. Biography Born in El Kelaa des Sraghna, Morocco in 1949, Dayan emigrated to Israel in 1963. He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, gaining an LLB. He became mayor of Ashkelon in 1978, a role he held until 1991. He joined the new Tami party in 1981, and was fourth on the party's list for the 1981 Knesset elections, but the party won only three seats. He was third on the list for the 1984 elections, but again failed to win a seat. After Tami merged into Likud, Dayan joined the Labor Party, and in 1988 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (of which the Labor Party was the major component). He was re-elected in 1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
