Pini Badash

Pinhas "Pini" Badash (Hebrew: פנחס "פיני" בדש‎, born 29 August 1952) is an Israeli politician who has served as mayor of Omer local council since 1990. He was also a member of the Knesset for Tzomet between 1992 and 1998.

Pini Badash
Date of birth (1952-08-29) 29 August 1952
Place of birthGilat, Israel
Knessets13, 14
Faction represented in Knesset
1992–1998Tzomet
Badash in 2012

Early life

Born in moshav Gilat, Badash studied mechanical engineering at the Negev University, graduating in 1979. He finished a master's degree in administration in 2001.

Career

A member of the Tzomet secretariat and chairman of its finance committee, Badash became head of Omer local council in 1990. He was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1992. Chairman of the Israel-China Parliamentary Friendship League,[1] he was re-elected in 1996, but resigned his seat on 30 November 1998 after a new law was passed preventing Knesset members from simultaneously acting as mayors or council heads, and was replaced by Doron Shmueli.

Badash remains head of Omer local council, and has also served as a member of the Authority for Developing the Negev and chairman of the Local Authority Committee for Developing the Negev and the Negev Lobby.

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References
  1. Pini Badash: Public Activities Knesset website
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