Iacob Pistiner (; 1882 – 24 August 1930) was a Romanian politician and lawyer. He was born in

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, 1882, then part of

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, in a

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family. As a result of the general election of May–June, 1920, in

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, he was elected member of the parliament, defeating the German candidate by a majority of only 30 votes. His political career was tied with the socialist movement. In 1917, he joined Mayer Ebner in establishing the Jewish National Council in Chernivtsi. As a lawyer he pleaded for the defendants in the "Trial of the 500" that followed the important 1924

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. He died unexpectedly in 1930 in

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, aged 49.

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Jacob Pistiner (1882 - 1930)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pistiner, Iacob 1882 births 1930 deaths 20th-century Romanian lawyers Romanian Social Democratic Party (1927–1948) politicians Jewish Romanian politicians Jewish socialists Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International