Nissim Dahan
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Nissim Dahan is a former Israel
Israel
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i politician who served as Minister of Health
Health Minister of Israel
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 from 2001 until 2003.

Biography

Born in Morocco
Morocco
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, Dahan's family made aliyah
Aliyah
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 in 1955. He worked in the Ministry of Religious Affairs, becoming director of its organisations and institutions department. He was also a member of the Jerusalem Development Authority for 3 years.

In 1996 he was elected to the Knesset
Knesset
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 on Shas
Shas
Shas is an ultra-orthodox religious political party in Israel, primarily representing Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Judaism.Shas was founded in 1984 by dissident members of the Ashkenazi dominated Agudat Israel, to represent the interests of religiously observant Sephardic and Mizrahi ...

' list. He was re-elected in 1999, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
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's government
Twenty-eighth government of Israel
The twenty-eighth government of Israel was formed by Ehud Barak of One Israel on 6 July 1999 after his victory in the May election for Prime Minister. Alongside One Israel , Barak included Shas, Meretz, Yisrael BaAliyah, the Centre Party, the National Religious Party and United Torah Judaism in his...

. He left the cabinet
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 when Shas pulled out of the coalition in July 2000, but returned as Minister of Health when Ariel Sharon
Ariel Sharon
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 formed a new government following the 2001 election for Prime Minister. He briefly left the portfolio on 23 May 2002 when Shas pulled out of the government again, but returned on 3 June.

He retained his seat in the 2003 elections and was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, but Shas were left out of the government and he lost his ministerial portfolio. He lost his Knesset seat in the 2006 elections.

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