Menachem Cohen (politician)
Menachem Cohen (Hebrew: מנחם כהן, 5 July 1922 – 11 March 1975) was an Israeli politician.
| Menachem Cohen | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date of birth | 5 July 1922 |
| Place of birth | Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Date of death | 11 March 1975 (aged 52) |
| Knessets | 1, 4, 5, 6 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1951 | Mapai |
| 1959–1965 | Mapai |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1974 | Alignment |
Biography
Born 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
- Knesset Members in the First Knesset Knesset website
External links
- Menachem Cohen on the Knesset website