Mufid Mari
Mufid Mari | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2021– | Blue and White |
Personal details | |
Born | Hurfeish, Israel | 15 May 1959
Mufid Mari (Hebrew: מופיד מרעי, born 15 May 1959) is an Israeli Druze politician. He currently is a member in the 24th Knesset for Blue and White.
Biography[]
Mari was born and raised in Hurfeish, a Druze town in Northern Israel. His older brother, Colonel Nabiya Mari, was killed by Palestinian gunfire in 1996 while serving as deputy commander of the Gaza Division.
Mari joined the Israel Defense Forces and was the first Druze to enter via the Nahal service.[1] He has achieved the rank of Aluf Mishne or deputy-Aluf corresponding to the rank of colonel or brigadier. He has commanded the Herev Brigade, the and Oded Brigade.[1] He later became head of Hurfeish local council and served as chair of the association of Druze and Circassian local authorities.[1]
He was placed ninth on the Blue and White list for the March 2021 elections. Although the party won only eight seats, he entered the Knesset on 15 June 2021 as a replacement for Hili Tropper,[2] after he was appointed to the cabinet and resigned from the Knesset under the Norwegian Law.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c סגנית מלכת היופי, ראש העיר אילת והדרוזי הראשון מגרעין נח"ל | הח"כים החדשים Yedioth Ahronoth, 14 June 2021 (in Hebrew)
- ^ Replacements Among Knesset Members knesset.gov.il
- ^ Hoffman, Gil. "Anglos and deaf activist to enter Knesset under Israeli 'Norwegian Law'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
External links[]
- Mufid Mari on the Knesset website
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Israeli military personnel
- Blue and White (political alliance) politicians
- Druze members of the Knesset
- Druze people of Israeli nationality
- Israeli colonels
- Mayors of local councils in Israel
- Members of the 24th Knesset (2021–present)
- Israeli people stubs