Dan "Danny" Saida ( he, דן "דני" סיידא, born 26 April 1959) is an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

for

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in 2017, and again between 2018 and 2019.

Background

Saida was placed fourteenth on the

list for the 2015 Knesset elections, but failed to become a Knesset member when Shas won seven seats. When Shas MK Yigal Guetta resigned after publicly revealing that he had attended a same-sex wedding,Shas MK Resigns Amid Flak attending Wedding of Gay Nephew
''The Jerusalem Post'', 13 September 2017 the next-in-line candidates Rafael Bernez and Boaz Biton both resigned from the list,Gueta is no longer MK: Until Nahari will take his place, Danny Saida is a one-day MK
Channel 10, 19 September 2017 allowing Saida to enter the Knesset on 19 September 2017 as a replacement for Guetta.Replacements Among Knesset Members
Knesset However, Shas' Meshulam Nahari had resigned as a Deputy Minister on 18 September, allowing him to re-enter the Knesset (he had previously resigned under the Norwegian Law that allows ministers to resign their seats, but retake them if they lose their portfolio, and had himself been replaced by Guetta), meaning that Saida was only be an MK for one day, three hours and 35 minutes. However, in February 2018, fellow Shas MK

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resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law, with Saida nominated as his replacement. He re-entered the Knesset on 22 February. On 20 February 2019, Saida announced that he was retiring from politics and would not contest the April Knesset elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saida, Danny 1959 births Living people Israeli Orthodox Jews Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019) Shas politicians People from Northern District (Israel)