Yussuf Hamis
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Yussuf Hamis | |
|---|---|
 Hamis in May 1955 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1955–1965 | Mapam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1921 Reineh, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 22 September 1986 (aged 65) |
Yussuf Hamis (Arabic: يوسف خميس, Hebrew: יוסוף ח'מיס; 10 May 1921 – 22 September 1986) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam between 1955 and 1965.
Biography[edit]
Born in Reineh, Hamis attended a high school in Nazareth, before studying at the American University of Beirut.
In 1949 he joined Mapam, and became a member of the secretariat of the Haifa branch, before becoming a member of the party's national central committee and secretariat. He was on the party's list for the July 1955 elections, but failed to win a seat. However he entered the Knesset on 21 September that year as a replacement for the deceased Yitzhak Yitzhaky.[1] He was re-elected in 1959 and 1961, before losing his seat in the 1965 elections.
The following year he joined the Histadrut's actions committee, and in 1977 became a member of the union's central committee. He also served as deputy chairman of its Arab department, was on the board of Beit Berl, and was a member of the Hapoel sports organisation's central committee.
References[edit]
- ^ Knesset Members in the Third Knesset Knesset website
External links[edit]
- Yussuf Hamis on the Knesset website