Mordechai "Motti" Mishani (; 10 April 1945 – 9 April 2013) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the
Knesset
The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel.
The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...
for
One Israel
One Israel (, ''Yisrael Ahat'') was an alliance of the Labor Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections.
Background
One Israel was formed by Labor leader Ehud Barak in the run-up to the 1999 elections with the ...
and
Gesher between 2001 and 2003.
Biography
Born in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a popula ...
during the
Mandate era, Mishani studied law before working as an attorney.
A member of Gesher, he was placed 29th on the One Israel list (an alliance of Labor,
Meimad
Meimad (, an acronym for ''Medina Yehudit, Medina Demokratit'' (), lit., ''Jewish State, Democratic State'') is a moderate to left-wing religious Zionist political party in Israel. Founded in 1999, it is based on the ideology of the Meimad movem ...
and
Gesher) for the
1999 elections, but missed out on a seat when the alliance won only 26 seats. However, he entered the Knesset on 17 February 2001 as a replacement for
Eli Goldschmidt. On 7 March Gesher left the One Israel alliance to sit as an independent party. Prior to the
2003 elections Mishani joined Likud, but after only being placed 102nd on the party's list,
Likud list
Israel Democracy Institute he lost his seat.
Mishani died on 9 April 2013.
References
External links
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1945 births
2013 deaths
Politicians from Tel Aviv
Israeli lawyers
Gesher (political party) politicians
One Israel politicians
Members of the 15th Knesset (1999–2003)
Burials at Yarkon Cemetery