Menachem Cohen (Hebrew: מנחם כהן, 5 July 1922 – 11 March 1975) was an Israeli politician.
Menachem Cohen | |
|---|---|
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1951 | Mapai |
| 1959–1965 | Mapai |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1974 | Alignment |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 July 1922 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 11 March 1975 (aged 52) |
Biography
editBorn in Jerusalem during the Mandate era, Cohen helped organise illegal Jewish immigration from Syria. He worked as a director of the Neighbourhoods Department on Tel Aviv Workers Council, and was a representative of the neighbourhoods (in particular, the Hatikva Quarter) on Tel Aviv City Council.
In the 1949 Knesset elections he was on the Mapai list, but failed to win a seat. Although he entered the Knesset on 19 May 1951 as a replacement for the deceased David Remez,[1] he lost his seat in the July 1951 elections. He returned to the Knesset following the 1959 elections, and was re-elected in 1961. In 1965 and in 1969 elections, he was elected from the Alignment alliance list. He lost his seat in the 1973 elections, and died in 1975.
References
edit- ^ Knesset Members in the First Knesset Knesset website
External links
edit- Menachem Cohen on the Knesset website