Haneh Hadad
Haneh Hadad | |
|---|---|
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1995–1996 | Labor Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1919 Jish, Palestine |
| Died | 5 October 2020 (aged 101) |
Haneh Hadad (Arabic: حنا حداد, Hebrew: חנא חדד; 19 April 1919 – 5 October 2020) was an Israeli Arab police officer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1995 and 1996.
Biography
[edit]Born in Jish in April 1919, Hadad received a high school education, before joining the police force. He worked as a detective, and became a Chief Superintendent and assistant to the Minister of Police.
In the 1981 Knesset elections, he headed the Arab Brotherhood List, but it won only 0.4% of the vote and failed to cross the electoral threshold. In 1988 he became a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations. He was on the Labor Party list for the 1992 elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 5 July 1995 as a replacement for Avraham Burg,[1] and was made a Deputy Speaker. He lost his seat in the 1996 elections.
References
[edit]- ^ Knesset Members in the Thirteenth Knesset Knesset website
External links
[edit]- Haneh Hadad on the Knesset website
- 1919 births
- 2020 deaths
- 20th-century Israeli civil servants
- Arab members of the Knesset
- Arab people in Mandatory Palestine
- Deputy speakers of the Knesset
- Israeli Arab Christians
- Israeli men centenarians
- Israeli diplomats
- Israeli Labor Party politicians
- Israeli police officers
- Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)
- People from Northern District (Israel)