Mohamed Nafa
Mohamed Nafa | |
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1990–1992 | Hadash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1939 Beit Jann, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 15 July 2021 (aged 82) |
Mohamed Nafa (
Arabic: محمد نفاع, Hebrew: מוחמד נפאע; 15 May 1939 – 15 July 2021) was an Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash
from 1990 until 1992.
Biography
Born in
Beit Jann during the Mandate era, Nafa attended a high school in Rameh. He went on to study Hebrew and Arabic literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
.
In 1965 he joined the youth movement of
Maki, the Israeli communist party. In 1965 he became secretary-general of the Union of Communist Youth. He was on the Hadash list (an alliance of Maki and other left-wing groups) for the 1988 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 14 February 1990 as a replacement for the long-serving Tawfiq Ziad.[1] He lost his seat in the 1992 elections
. He served as Maki's secretary-general from 1993 until 2002, and again since 2007.
Nafa died on 15 July 2021 at the age of 82.[2]
References
- ^ Knesset Members in the Twelfth Knesset Knesset website
- ^ Mohamed Naffa Knesset
External links
- Mohamed Nafa on the Knesset website
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