Haviv Shimoni
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Haviv Shimoni was an Israel
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset
for the Alignment
between 1974 and 1977.
, Shimoni made aliyah
to Mandate Palestine in 1936. He later became the general secretary for the National Association of Kurdish Jews in Israel. He studied political science and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
, gaining a BA, and also received a certificate in Public Administration.
In 1951 he joined Mapai
, becoming a member of the central institutions of its Jerusalem branch. From 1965 until 1969 he was a member of Jerusalem Workers Council, and from 1969 to 1973, and again from 1978 until 1984, a member of the city council. Between 1964 and 1973 he worked for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, heading the workers committee in the ministry. He was responsible for product design, and chaired the directorate of the Israeli Centre for Product Design from 1973 until 1979, having been a member of the board of the Packaging Institute between 1964 and 1973.
He was on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party (which Mapai had merged into in 1968) and Mapam
) for the 1973 elections
, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 14 February the following year as a replacement for the deceased Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi
. He lost his seat in the 1977 elections
.
Shimoni died in 1994 at the age of 61.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i politician who served as a member of the Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
for the Alignment
Alignment (political party)
The Alignment was an alliance of the major left-wing parties in Israel between the 1960s and 1990s. It was established in 1965 as an alliance of Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda but was dissolved three years later when the two parties and Rafi formally merged into the Israeli Labor Party...
between 1974 and 1977.
Biography
Born in Dahuk in Kurdistan in northern IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Shimoni made aliyah
Aliyah
Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...
to Mandate Palestine in 1936. He later became the general secretary for the National Association of Kurdish Jews in Israel. He studied political science and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
, gaining a BA, and also received a certificate in Public Administration.
In 1951 he joined Mapai
Mapai
Mapai was a left-wing political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger into the Israeli Labor Party in 1968...
, becoming a member of the central institutions of its Jerusalem branch. From 1965 until 1969 he was a member of Jerusalem Workers Council, and from 1969 to 1973, and again from 1978 until 1984, a member of the city council. Between 1964 and 1973 he worked for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, heading the workers committee in the ministry. He was responsible for product design, and chaired the directorate of the Israeli Centre for Product Design from 1973 until 1979, having been a member of the board of the Packaging Institute between 1964 and 1973.
He was on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party (which Mapai had merged into in 1968) and Mapam
Mapam
Mapam was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Meretz party.-History:Mapam was formed by a January 1948 merger of the Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party and Ahdut HaAvoda Poale Zion Movement. The party was originally Marxist-Zionist in its outlook and represented...
) for the 1973 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1973
The Elections for the eighth Knesset were held on 31 December 1973. Voter turnout was 78.6%.-Results:1 Aryeh Eliav left the Alignment and merged with Ratz to form Ya'ad - Civil Rights Movement...
, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 14 February the following year as a replacement for the deceased Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and the Alignment from 1965 until his death in 1974...
. He lost his seat in the 1977 elections
Israeli legislative election, 1977
The Elections for the ninth Knesset were held on 17 May 1977. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right-wing, led by Likud, won the election, ending almost 30 years of rule by the left-wing Alignment and its predecessor, Mapai...
.
Shimoni died in 1994 at the age of 61.