Moshe Sardines

Moshe Sardines
Date of birth 21 June 1917
Place of birth İzmir, Ottoman Empire
Year of aliyah 1949
Date of death 24 March 1984(1984-03-24) (aged 66)
Knessets 4, 5, 6
Faction represented in Knesset
1959–1965 Mapai
1965–1968 Alignment
1968–1969 Labor Party
1969 Alignment

Moshe Sardines (Hebrew: משה סרדינס‎‎ born 21 June 1917, died 24 March 1984) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors from 1959 until 1969.

Biography

Born in İzmir in the Ottoman Empire (now in Turkey), Sardines made aliyah to Israel in 1949. He was amongst the founders of moshav Geva Carmel, and headed its committee. He was also amongst the leadership of the Moshavim Movement, and managed its purchasing organisation.

A member of Mapai, in 1959 he was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. He was re-elected in 1961 and 1965, by which time Mapai had formed the Alignment alliance. He lost his seat in the 1969 elections. During his last term, he served as a Deputy Speaker.

Sardines died in 1984 at the age of 66.

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