Moshe Ben-Ami | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1949–1951 | Sephardim & Oriental Communities |
Personal details | |
Born | 1898 Tiberias, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 18 February 1960 |
Moshe Ben-Ami ( Hebrew: משה בן-עמי; 1898 – 18 February 1960) was an Israeli politician and lawyer.
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.