Saleh Saad
Saleh Saad | |
|---|---|
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 2017–2019 | Zionist Union |
| 2019 | Labor Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1963 Beit Jann, Israel |
Saleh Saad (Arabic: صالح سعد, Hebrew: סאלח סעד; born 20 July 1963) is a Druze-Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union and Labor Party between 2017 and 2019.
Biography
[edit]Saad was born in Beit Jann, and served in the Israeli security forces as a combatant for twelve years. He became a director of the Galilee Local Council Workers Division, and was also chairman of the Galilee branch of the Histadrut.[1] A member of the Labor Party, he was placed 25th on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections,[2] However, he failed to win a seat.
Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections, Saad was given the 26th place on the list of the Zionist Union (an alliance of Labor and Hatnuah),[3] a spot reserved for a Druze candidate.[1] Although the alliance won only 24 seats, Saad entered the Knesset on 3 October 2017 as a replacement for Manuel Trajtenberg,[4] who had retired from politics.[5] He was placed seventeenth on the Labor list for the April 2019 elections, but the party won only six seats.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MK Trajtenberg resigns from the Knesset Knesset, 1 October 2017
- ^ The Labor Party Candidates for the 19th Knesset Israel Democracy Institute
- ^ Zionist Union list Central Elections Commission
- ^ Replacements Among Knesset Members Knesset
- ^ Top Israeli economist quitting politics The Jerusalem Post, 28 September 2017
External links
[edit]- Saleh Saad on the Knesset website