Moshe Meron is an Israel

Israel

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i lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset

Knesset

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 for Likud

Likud

Likud is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties. Likud's victory in the 1977 elections was a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had...

 between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Born in Königsberg

Königsberg

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 in Germany

Germany

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 (today Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad

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 in Russia

Russia

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), Meron made aliyah

Aliyah

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 to Mandate Palestine in 1936. He attended the Jerusalem School of Law and was certified as a lawyer. Between 1948 and 1949 he worked as a lawyer for the Israeli Air Force

Israeli Air Force

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.

A member of Ramat Gan city council, he served as deputy mayor between 1969 and 1977. In 1977

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...

 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list. He was appointed Deputy Speaker and chaired the House Committee. He lost his seat in the 1981 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1981

Elections for the tenth Knesset were held in Israel on 30 June 1981. Despite last minute polls suggesting a victory for Shimon Peres's Alignment, Menachem Begin's Likud won by just one seat...

, and returned to working as a lawyer, briefly serving as Ramat Gan's deputy mayor again in 1981. He has also been a member of the board of directors of several companies and research institutions.

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