Nissim Eliad (; 1 July 1919 – 15 November 2014) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for the Independent Liberals between 1968 and 1977.

Biography

Born Nissim Amsalem in

Tiberias Tiberias ( ; , ; ) is a city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Heb ...

, Eliad was a member of the Maccabi Hatzair and

Betar The Betar Movement (), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionism, Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. It was one of several right-wing youth movements tha ...

youth movements, as well as being amongst the youth leadership of

Mapai Mapai (, an abbreviation for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', ) was a Labor Zionist and democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in January ...

. He studied oriental studies, bible and Jewish history at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...

, and also studied at a law school, where he was certified as a lawyer. In 1950 he joined the Progressive Party. For the 1965 elections he was on the Independent Liberal list (a party formed by former Progressive Party members after its merger with the

General Zionists The General Zionists () were a centrist Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. The General Zionists supported the leadership of Chaim Weizmann and their views were largely colored by central European culture. The party was considered ...

), but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 23 December 1968 as a replacement for party leader

Pinchas Rosen Pinchas Rosen (; 1 May 1887 – 3 May 1978) was an Israeli statesman, and the country's first Minister of Justice, serving three times during 1948–51, 1952–56, and 1956–61. He was also leader of the Independent Liberals and three times tur ...

,Knesset Members of the Sixth Knesset
Knesset website who had decided to retire from politics. Although he lost his seat in the 1969 elections, he returned to the Knesset shortly after the elections, after

Moshe Kol Moshe Kol (; 28 May 1911 – 7 July 1989) was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. Biography Born Moshe Kolodny in Pinsk in the Russian Empire (today in Belarus),

resigned his seat after being given a ministerial position. He lost his seat for a second time in the

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, but returned again after Kol was re-appointed to the cabinet. He lost his seat for a final time in the

1977 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1977. Africa * 1977 Afars and Issas Constituent Assembly election * 1977 Algerian legislative election * 1977 Gambian general election * 1976–1977 Guinea-Bissau legislative election * 1977 Malagasy ...

. Outside of the Knesset, Eliad was also a member of the presidium of the

World Zionist Organization The World Zionist Organization (; ''HaHistadrut HaTzionit Ha'Olamit''), or WZO, is a non-governmental organization that promotes Zionism. It was founded as the Zionist Organization (ZO; 1897–1960) at the initiative of Theodor Herzl at the F ...

's executive committee, and of the executive committee of the

Histadrut Histadrut, fully the New General Workers' Federation () and until 1994 the General Federation of Labour in the Land of Israel (, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center and represents the m ...

trade union.

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* {{authority control 1919 births 2014 deaths People from Tiberias Jews from Mandatory Palestine Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Israeli lawyers Israeli trade unionists Progressive Party (Israel) politicians Mapai politicians Independent Liberals (Israel) politicians Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969) Members of the 7th Knesset (1969–1974) Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977) Burials at Yarkon Cemetery