Faras Hamdan (, ; 1910 – 29 November 1966) 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 ...

politician who served as a member of the

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for the

Agriculture and Development Agriculture and Development (, ''Zira'ah wa-tatwir''; , ''Hakla'ut VePituah'') was an Arab satellite list in Israel. History Agriculture and Development was an Israeli Arab organisation formed to fight the 1951 elections. Like other Israeli Ara ...

party between 1951 and 1959.

Biography

Hamdan was born in Baqa al-Gharbiyye during the Ottoman era. In 1944, he was elected head of local council of his village, where he later established a citrus confectionery factory.Faras Hamdan: Public Activities
Knesset website In

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

, he was elected to the Knesset as head of the Agriculture and Development list, which was associated with the ruling

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party. The party joined

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's government, but Hamdan did not receive a ministerial portfolio. He was re-elected in 1955, and again joined the governing coalition. For the 1959 elections, the party was headed by Mahmud A-Nashaf. It won only one seat and Hamdan lost his place in the Knesset. He died in 1966.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamdan, Faras 1910 births 1966 deaths Date of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century Israeli businesspeople 20th-century Israeli politicians Agriculture and Development leaders Arab members of the Knesset Arab people in Mandatory Palestine Arab people from Ottoman Palestine Mayors of local councils in Israel Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959) People from Baqa al-Gharbiyye