Faras Hamdan
| Faras Hamdan | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1910 |
| Place of birth | Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Ottoman Empire |
| Date of death | 29 November 1966 |
| Knessets | 2, 3 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1951–1959 | Agriculture and Development |
Faras Hamdan (Arabic: فارس حمدان; Hebrew: פארס חמדאן, born 1910, died 29 November 1966) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agriculture and Development between 1951 and 1959.
Biography
Hamdan was born in Baqa al-Gharbiyye during the Ottoman era. In 1944 he was elected head of local council of his village, where he later established a citrus confectionery factory.[1]
In 1951 he was elected to the Knesset as head of the Agriculture and Development list, which was associated with the ruling Mapai party. The party joined David Ben-Gurion's government, but Hamdan did not receive a ministerial portfolio.
He was re-elected in 1955, and again joined the governing coalition. For the 1959 elections the party was headed by Mahmud A-Nashaf. It won only one seat and Hamdan lost his place in the Knesset.
He died in 1966.
References
- ↑ Faras Hamdan: Public Activities Knesset website
External links
- Faras Hamdan on the Knesset website