David Magen
David Magen | |
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| Ministerial roles | |
| 1990 | Centre Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 September 1945 Fes, Morocco |
David Magen (
Minister of Economics and Planning
in the 1990s.
Life and career
Born David Monsonego in
Fes in Morocco, Magen made aliyah to Israel in 1949, where he attended high school in Jerusalem. Between 1976 and 1986 he served as mayor of Kiryat Gat. In 1981 he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list, and was re-elected in 1984 and 1988, becoming chairman of the party's local authorities elections headquarters in 1989. In March 1990 he was made a Minister without Portfolio by Yitzhak Shamir
, becoming Minister of Economics and Planning in June that year.
Although he retained his seat in the
Israel in the Center
(later renamed the Centre Party).
Magen lost his seat in the
1999 elections, but returned to the Knesset in March 2001 as a replacement for Uri Savir. He lost his seat again in the 2003 elections
.
He is married (1968) to Rachel Pinto and father of Shirit, Hadas and Smadar.
External links
- David Magen on the Knesset website
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