Dov Shilansky
Dov Shilansky | |
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Speaker of the Knesset | |
| In office 1988–1992 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1977–1996 | Likud |
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| Born | 21 March 1924 Šiauliai, Lithuania |
| Died | 9 December 2010 (aged 86) Tel Aviv, Israel |
Dov Shilansky (
Biography
Dov Shilansky (born Berelis Šilianskis) was born in
In October 1952, Shilansky was arrested while attempting to bring a suitcase bomb into the Israeli Foreign Ministry. Accused of being a member of an unnamed underground organization opposed to Israeli-German reparations negotiations, he was sentenced to two years in prison.[1]
He gained an LL.B from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and worked as an attorney as well as becoming a member of the Ethics Committee of the Israel Bar Association and the International Organization of Jewish Law Professionals.
Shilansky died in Tel Aviv on 9 December 2010, at the age of 86.[2]
Political career
In 1977 he was elected to the Knesset as a member of Likud, and was appointed the Knesset representative on the Committee for the Appointment of Judges. He was re-elected in 1981 and was made Deputy Minister in the Ministry in the Prime Minister's Office.
After retaining his seat again in 1984 and then in 1988, he was appointed Speaker of the Knesset. After the
References
- ^ American Jewish Yearbook, Vol. 55 (1954), p.346
- ^ Ex-Israeli parliament speaker Shilansky dead at 86 Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Bay Ledger, 9 December 2010
- ^ Previous Presidential Elections Knesset website
- ^ 'Ridiculous' Likud plan would bar Sharansky, not just Feiglin Jerusalem Post, 29 December 2005
External links
- Dov Shilansky on the Knesset website
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