Shmuel Toledano

Shmuel Toledano
Toledano in 1978
Faction represented in the Knesset
1977–1978	Democratic Movement for Change
1978–1981	Shinui
Personal details
Born	(1921-01-16)16 January 1921 Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine
Died	30 December 2022(2022-12-30) (aged 101) Jerusalem, Israel

Shmuel Toledano (Hebrew: שמואל טולידאנו, 16 January 1921 – 30 December 2022) was an Israeli Mossad employee and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic Movement for Change and Shinui between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Born in Tiberias during the Mandate era, Toledano attended the Scottish College in Safed. He joined the Haganah and was imprisoned by the British authorities in Latrun. From 1949 he served in the Israel Defense Forces and was demobilised with the rank of major. Between 1953 and 1976 he worked for Mossad and was one of the organisation's leaders.

Toledano joined Mapai in 1960, but left the party in 1977 to join the newly formed Democratic Movement for Change (Dash). He was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1977 and chaired the State Control Committee. When Dash split the following year, he became a member of Shinui. He lost his seat in the 1981 elections, and in 1983 left Shinui to join Mapam. For his efforts for peace, he won in 1999 the Mount Zion Award.

Toledano died on 30 December 2022 at the age of 101.

External links

• Shmuel Toledano on the Knesset website
• Interview on YouTube by Leon Charney on The Leon Charney Report