Hillel Seidel
Hillel Seidel | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1974–1977 | Independent Liberals |
1977–1981 | Likud |
Personal details | |
Born | 9 October 1920 Kraków, Poland |
Died | 14 February 1999 | (aged 78)
Hillel Seidel (Hebrew: הלל זיידל, 9 October 1920 – 14 February 1999) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Independent Liberals and Likud between 1974 and 1981.
Biography
Born in
In 1948 he made aliyah to Israel, where he became head of the Immigrant Absorption department of the World Confederation of General Zionists, a post he held until 1952. He also became secretary general of the HaOved HaTzioni movement and a member of the Progressive Party's directorate.
From 1952 until 1959 he was a member of the Histadrut's organising committee, and head of its Pensions department, before becoming head of the union's Immigrant Absorption department, a post he held until 1973.
In 1973 he was elected to the Knesset on the Independent Liberals list. However, on 15 February 1977 he left the party to establish the Ahdut faction, joining Likud.[1] He was re-elected later that year on the Likud list and chaired the Public Petitions Committee. He lost his seat in the 1981 elections.
He died in 1999 at the age of 78.
References
- ^ Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
External links
- Hillel Seidel on the Knesset website