Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi | |
|---|---|
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1965–1969 | Mapam |
| 1969–1974 | Alignment |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1926 Nazareth, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 14 February 1974 (aged 48) |
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi (Arabic: عبد العزيز الزعبي, Hebrew: עבד אל-עזיז א-זועבי; 4 February 1926 – 14 February 1974) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam and the Alignment from 1965 until his death in 1974. When appointed Deputy Minister of Health on 24 May 1971, he became the first non-Jewish member of an Israeli government.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Nazareth during the Mandate era, el-Zoubi was educated at a local high school, before attending the Arab College in Jerusalem.[2] He worked as a tax clerk for the Mandate authorities, and following Israeli independence in 1948, worked as a clerk for the Israel Lands Authority until 1958. He also served as secretary of the Government Workers Union in Nazareth.[3] In 1956 he helped organise the Jewish Arab Association for Peace and Equal Rights, and was amongst the founders of the Arab Institute at Givat Haviva.[3] In 1958 he joined Mapam, and in 1961 was appointed deputy mayor of Nazareth. In 1965 he became the city's mayor, holding the post until the following year.[3] In the November 1965 Knesset elections he won a seat on the Mapam list, and entered the parliament.
He was re-elected in 1969 on the Alignment list (an alliance of the Labor Party and Mapam), and on 24 May 1971 was appointed Deputy Minister of Health in Golda Meir's government. He retained his seat in the 1973 elections, but died less than a month after the Knesset reconvened. His seat was taken by Haviv Shimoni.[4]
Outside politics el-Zoubi was also involved in various publications; he was a member of the editorial board of New Outlook, edited the al Fajar monthly magazine, and was one of the editors of the al Mersad weekly newspaper.
His extended family includes Seif el-Din el-Zoubi, who also served as a member of the Knesset for several parties and mayor of Nazareth, and cousin Haneen Zoubi, who was a Knesset member for Balad.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Ministers of the Minorities Knesset website
- ^ Abd-El-Aziz E-Zoubi: Particulars Knesset website
- ^ a b c Abd-El-Aziz E-Zoubi: Public Activities Knesset website
- ^ Knesset Members of the Eighth Knesset Knesset website
- ^ Provocative Parliamentarian[permanent dead link] The Jerusalem Post, 1 March 2009
External links
[edit]- Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi on the Knesset website
- 1926 births
- 1974 deaths
- Politicians from Nazareth
- Arab people in Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli civil servants
- Arab members of the Knesset
- Mayors of Nazareth
- Israeli Arab journalists
- Mapam politicians
- Alignment (Israel) politicians
- Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969)
- Members of the 7th Knesset (1969–1974)
- Members of the 8th Knesset (1974–1977)
- Deputy mayors of places in Israel
- 20th-century Israeli civil servants
- 20th-century Israeli journalists