Shlomo Dayan
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Shlomo Dayan | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 November 1952 |
| Place of birth | Tétouan, Morocco |
| Year of aliyah | 1962 |
| Knessets | 12 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1988–1992 | Shas |
Shlomo Dayan (Hebrew: שלמה דיין, born 6 November 1952) is an Israeli rabbi and former politician.
Biography
Born in Tétouan, Morocco in 1952, Dayan made aliyah to Israel in 1962. He studied at the Sha'arit Yosef yeshiva in Be'er Ya'akov and was certified as a rabbi.
He joined Shas in the 1980s, and served as a member of Jerusalem city council and deputy chairman of the city's Religious Council between 1983 and 1988.[1] From 1985 until 1987 he chaired the party's Organisation Committee, and in 1988 was elected to the Knesset on the party's list. He was appointed a Deputy Speaker and sat on several committees until losing his seat in the 1992 elections.
In 2008 Dayan was convicted of fraud and forgery and sentenced to 4 months of community service.
See also
References
- ↑ Shlomo Dayan: Public Activities Knesset website
External links
- Shlomo Dayan on the Knesset website
Categories:
- Articles containing Hebrew-language text
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Israeli government officials convicted of crimes
- Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- Israeli politicians convicted of fraud
- Israeli rabbis
- Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–92)
- Moroccan emigrants to Israel
- Moroccan Jews
- People from Tétouan
- Shas politicians
