Michael "Mikha" Reisser (; 26 April 1946 – 27 October 1988) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for

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between 1981 and his death in 1988.

Biography

Born in

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towards the end of the Mandate era, Reisser was educated at the Shalva gymnasium, before studying sociology and labour studies at

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. He became chairman of the university's student union in 1970, and from 1971 until 1977 chaired the secretariat of the

Herut Herut () was the major conservative nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. Some of their policies were compared to those of the Nazi party. Early y ...

young guard. In 1978 he started working as a consultant to the Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Housing. He went on to become deputy director of the Housing Ministry and director of the Israel Builders Association from 1979 until 1981. He also became chairman of the board at HaYekev in 1981, and was a member of the board at the ATA textiles company from 1981 until 1984. From 1979 until 1980 he chaired Herut's Organisation Department. The following year he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list (then an alliance of Herut and other right-wing parties). He was re-elected in

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, and became chairman of the House Committee. However, on 26 October 1988, he was fatally injured in a car crash whilst on a journey to

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for a photoshoot for the upcoming elections when his car crashed into another car being driven by future politician

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, and died of his injuries the following day. His Knesset seat was taken by David Mor.Knesset Members in the Eleventh Knesset
Knesset Reisser was married with a son and twin daughters. All three of his children became religious after his death. Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva's stadium, a junior high school and winery club in

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, streets in

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and

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, and a playground in

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are named after him.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reisser, Michael 1946 births 1988 deaths 20th-century Israeli businesspeople Politicians from Tel Aviv Jews from Mandatory Palestine Tel Aviv University alumni Israeli civil servants Road incident deaths in Israel Likud politicians Herut politicians Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984) Members of the 11th Knesset (1984–1988)