Ahmad Sa'd (, ; 25 November 1945 – 20 April 2010) was an

Israeli Arab The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Palestinian Citizenship Order 1925, Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory ...

journalist and politician. He served as a member of the

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for

Hadash Hadash is a left-wing to far-left political coalition in Israel formed by the Israeli Communist Party and other leftist groups. History The party was formed on 15 March 1977 when the Rakah and Non-Partisans parliamentary group changed its ...

between 1996 and 1999 and as editor of the ''

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad may refer to: Sports Football Men Teams * Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * Al Ittihad SCSC (Tripoli), Tripoli, Libya * Al Ittihad Gheryan, Gharyan, Libya * Al Ittihad Misurata SC, Misurata, Libya * Al Ittihad SC ...

'' newspaper.

Biography

Sa'd studied economics at the University of Leningrad, earning a PhD. He worked as a director of the Tumas Institute for Social and Political Research in

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, and was a member of the secretariat of the

High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel The High Follow-Up Committee for Arab citizens of Israel (, , also, High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Affairs and High Follow-Up Committee for the Arab Masses in Israel) is an extra-parliamentary umbrella organization that represents Arab citizens ...

. He wrote nine books on economics and Israeli Arabs, as well as writing for ''Al-Ittihad''.Ahmad Sa'd: Public activities
Knesset A member of the bureau of both Hadash and its Maki faction, Sa'd was elected to the Knesset on the Hadash– Balad list in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, and served on the Knesset finance committee.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sad, Ahmad 1945 births 2010 deaths Saint Petersburg State University alumni Israeli economists Israeli journalists Arab members of the Knesset Hadash politicians Maki (political party) politicians Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)