Yoash Tzidon

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Yoash Tzidon
Faction represented in the Knesset
1988–1992Tzomet
Personal details
Born(1926-11-28)28 November 1926
Focşani, Romania
Died8 July 2015(2015-07-08) (aged 88)

Yoash "Matti" Tzidon (Hebrew: יואש צידון, 28 November 1926 – 8 July 2015) was an Israeli Air Force commander and politician.

Biography

Born Yoash Chatto in

1948 Arab-Israeli War he was a commander involved in convoys to Jerusalem. He later served as a combat pilot in the Israeli Air Force, before becoming a test pilot, flight trainer, squadron commander and a deputy Air Force base commander. He later became head of the Weapons Systems and Planning in the Air Force, before being demobilised in 1966.[2]

He joined the Movement for Greater Israel, and later the Tzomet party. He was elected to the Knesset in 1988 on the Tzomet list, and was one of the instigators of the law that led to direct elections for the Prime Minister. He lost his seat in the 1992 elections.

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