Mizrachi (Latvia)
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The Zionist Organization Mizrachi () was a political party in the
interbellum In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...
Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
during 1921-1934. It won some seats in Latvian parliamentary elections in 1922, 1925, 1928, and 1931. "Latvian Seimas Elections, 1931"
/ref> The party was disbanded in 1934, after the Ulmanis authoritarian coup d'état, together with all other political parties. Its activists, like those of Agudas Israel, were critical and reluctant towards the Soviet occupiers after the
Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany and its Secret Additional Protocol signed i ...
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See also

* Mizrachi, for the meaning of the name of the party * Agudas Israel *
Ceire Cion Ceire Cion (, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Ethnic Socialist Party, was a centre-left Jewish political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It was led by jurist Max Lazerson. The party combined the ideas of Zioni ...
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Jewish National Bloc The Jewish National Bloc () was a political alliance in Latvia in the 1920s. It consisted of Histadruth Hacionith, the Jewish National Democratic Party and Mizrachi.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', ...


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Political parties of minorities in Latvia Defunct political parties in Latvia Jews and Judaism in Latvia Jewish Latvian history 1934 disestablishments in Latvia Political parties disestablished in 1934 Religious Zionist organizations Zionism in Latvia Zionist political parties in Europe {{Jewish-hist-stub