Frija Zoaretz
Frija Zoaretz | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1955–1969 | National Religious Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1907 Tripoli, Libya |
| Died | 30 April 1993 (aged 85) |
Frija Zoaretz (Hebrew: פריג'א זוארץ; 7 December 1907 – 30 April 1993) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1955 and 1969.
Biography[]
Born in Libya, Zoaretz worked as a teacher, and was a Zionist activist. He made aliyah to Israel in 1949, and became chairman of the Libyan Community Committee. He also joined the National Religious Party, and was elected to the Knesset on its list in 1955. He was re-elected in 1959 and 1961. Although he lost his seat in the November 1965 elections, he returned to the Knesset as a replacement for Shabtai Daniel on 1 December the same year.[1] He lost his seat for a second and final time in the 1969 elections.
He died in 1993 at the age of 85.
References[]
- ^ Knesset Members in the Sixth Knesset Knesset website
External links[]
- Frija Zoaretz on the Knesset website
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1993 deaths
- Israeli educators
- Libyan educators
- Libyan emigrants to Israel
- Israeli Jews
- Libyan Jews
- People from Tripoli
- National Religious Party politicians
- Israeli people of Libyan-Jewish descent
- Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959)
- Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961)
- Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965)
- Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969)