Saleh Saad (, ; born 20 July 1963) is a
Druze-Israeli politician. He served as a member of the
Knesset
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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 the
Zionist Union and
Labor Party between 2017 and 2019.
Biography
Saad was born in
Beit Jann, and served in the Israeli security forces as a combatant for twelve years. He became a director of the Galilee Local Council Workers Division, and was also chairman of the Galilee branch of the
Histadrut.
[MK Trajtenberg resigns from the Knesset]
Knesset, 1 October 2017 A member of the
Labor Party, he was placed 25th on the party's list for the
2013 Knesset elections, However, he failed to win a seat.
Prior to the
2015 Knesset elections, Saad was given the 26th place on the list of the
Zionist Union (an alliance of Labor and
Hatnuah), a spot reserved for a Druze candidate.
[ Although the alliance won only 24 seats, Saad entered the Knesset on 3 October 2017 as a replacement for Manuel Trajtenberg, who had retired from politics.Top Israeli economist quitting politics]
The Jerusalem Post, 28 September 2017 He was placed seventeenth on the Labor list for the
April 2019 elections, but the party won only six seats.
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1963 births
Living people
Druze members of the Knesset
Israeli Druze people
Israeli Labor Party politicians
Israeli trade unionists
Members of the 20th Knesset (2015–2019)
People from Beit Jann
Zionist Union politicians