Moshe Ben-Ami

Moshe Ben-Ami (Hebrew: משה בן-עמי; 1898 – 18 February 1960) was an Israeli politician and lawyer.

Moshe Ben-Ami
Faction represented in the Knesset
1949–1951Sephardim & Oriental Communities
Personal details
Born1898
Tiberias, Ottoman Empire
Died18 February 1960

Biography

Born in Tiberias at a time when it was part of the Ottoman Empire, Ben-Ami studied at a local yeshiva and at the Lipshitz Teachers' Seminary in Jerusalem. He also studied law at the Jerusalem School of Jurisprudence and was certified as a lawyer.[1]

He became chairman of the Jewish neighbourhoods of Jaffa in 1943, serving for three years.[2] He also chaired the Social Services Department of Tel Aviv city council, and was deputy chairman of the Sephardi Committee in the city.[2]

In the first Knesset elections in 1949, he won a seat on the Sephardim and Oriental Communities list and served as a member of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, the House Committee and the Finance Committee. He lost his seat in the 1951 elections.

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