Eli Dayan (; born 25 October 1949) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the

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for the

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and Labor Party between 1988 and 1996, and as Deputy

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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

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, gaining an LLB. He became mayor of

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in 1978, a role he held until 1991. He joined the new

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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

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, Dayan joined the Labor Party, and in

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he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list (of which the Labor Party was the major component). He was re-elected in

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, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister on 24 July 1995, replacing Yossi Beilin.Thirteenth Knesset: Government 25
Knesset website He held the position until losing his seat in the 1996 elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dayan, Eli 1949 births 20th-century Moroccan Jews Moroccan emigrants to Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni Israeli lawyers Mayors of places in Israel People from Ashkelon Living people Tami politicians Alignment (Israel) politicians Israeli Labor Party politicians People from El Kelaa des Sraghna Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992) Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Deputy ministers of Israel Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent