Shlomo Perlstein (; 2 September 1902 – 19 April 1979) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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from 1951 until 1959, and again from 1961 until 1969.

Biography

Born in

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(today in

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), Perlstein attended school in

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. He

emigrated Emigration is the act of leaving a resident country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere (to permanently leave a country). Conversely, immigration describes the movement of people into one country from another (to permanentl ...

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in 1933, where he became involved in the hotels business. In 1940 he became chairman of the hospitality section of the General Association of Merchants, becoming the organisation's overall chairman in 1942. A member of

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city council, he was elected to the Knesset on 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 ...

list in

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

. He was re-elected in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

, but lost his seat in the 1959 elections. However, he returned to the Knesset after the 1961 elections (by which time the General Zionists had merged into the

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), and was re-elected in

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

on the Herut-Liberal Bloc list. He lost his seat again in the 1969 elections. He died in 1979 at the age of 76.

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