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	Topics Salah Tarif Topic Home Salah Tarif (, , born 9 February 1954) is a DruzeDruze The Druze are a distinct religious community based mostly in the Middle East who are an offshoot of Islam and influenced by... Israeli former KnessetKnesset The Knesset is the legislature of Israel.... member, perhaps most notable for being Israel's first non-Jewish government ministerCabinet of Israel The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister.... . Background Born in the Druze village of JulisJulis Julis is an Arab village and local council in the North District of Israel.... , Tarif served in parachute and tank in the IDFIsrael Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces , often abbreviated with the Hebrew acronym ??"? *Tsahal, alternative English sp... , before graduating from the University of HaifaUniversity of Haifa The University of Haifa* is a university in Haifa, Israel.... with a BA. Whilst at university he served as deputy chairman of the student union. Political career Tarif became mayor of Julis, and chaired the board of Druze and Circassian mayors. A member of the AlignmentAlignment (political party) The Alignment , originally called the Labour Alignment was the dominant left-wing political party in Israel from its ... , he first joined the Knesset in February 1992, towards the end of the 12th Knesset AssemblyIsraeli legislative election, 1988 Elections for the twelfth Knesset were held in Israel on 1 November, 1988.... as a replacement for Efraim Gur. He retained his seat in the June 1992 elections as the Alignment became the Labour Party, and in November 1995 was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs in Shimon PeresShimon Peres Ecovillages are intended to be socially, economically and ecologically sustainable intentional communities.... ' government. He was re-elected in the 1996, after which he was appointed Deputy Speaker of the KnessetList of Knesset speakers List of Speakers of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament:... . Tarif remained in the Knesset after the 1996Israeli legislative election, 1996 Elections for the fourteenth Knesset were held in Israel alongside the first ever election for Prime Minister on 29 May, 199... , and 1999 elections (in which Labour ran under the One IsraelOne Israel One Israel was an alliance of the Israeli Labour Party, Meimad and Gesher created to run for the 1999 Knesset elections.... umbrella), and in 2001 was appointed a Minister without PortfolioFacts About Minister without Portfolio A Minister without Portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not h... in Ariel SharonAriel Sharon Ariel Sharon is a former Israeli politician and general.... 's national unity governmentNational government National governments are broad coalition governments consisting of all parties in the legislature and are often formed durin... , making him the first non-Jew to hold a full ministerial position (there had been non-Jewish Deputy ministers since the 1970s). However, he left the cabinet in January 2002 when he resigned following the decision to prosecute him on charges of bribery and breach of trust, though he did remain a Knesset member. He lost his seat in the 2003 elections as Labour won only 19 seats, but re-entered the Knesset in November 2005 as a replacement for Amram MitznaAmram Mitzna Amram Mitzna is an Israeli politician who served as the mayor of Haifa from 1993 to 2003.... who resigned to take over as mayor of YeruhamYeruham Yeruham is a town in the Southern District of Israel, in the Negev desert.... . In January 2006 Tel Aviv district court upheld his conviction on these charges and in March he lost his seat again following fresh elections. External links