Shmuel Shoresh (; 11 January 1913 – 13 November 1981) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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from 1955 until 1969.

Biography

Born in

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in the

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, Shoresh

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in 1924 and settled in Balfouria. He attended the

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. In 1927 he joined

HaNoar HaOved Histadrut HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (), most commonly translated as Working and Studying Youth and colloquially known as Noar HaOved and abbreviated No'al (), is an Israeli youth movement, a sister movement of Habonim Dror, and affiliated with the ...

, and in 1934 became a representative of

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. Two years later he was amongst the founders of moshav Beit She'arim (moshav). In 1945 he became chairman of Kislon and Nahalal Regional Council, and in 1948 joined the secretariat of the

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. He was also a member of the

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. In 1953 he was appointed director of the Ministry of Agriculture's Economic Department. Two years later he was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list. He was re-elected in 1959, 1961 and 1965, by which time Mapai had formed the

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alliance. He lost his seat in the 1969 elections. He died in 1981 at the age of 68.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoresh, Shmuel 1913 births 1981 deaths Jews from the Russian Empire Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Haganah members Israeli civil servants Mapai politicians Israeli Labor Party politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965) Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969) Immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah