| Emanuel Zisman | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 February 1935 |
| Place of birth | Bulgaria |
| Year of aliyah | 1949 |
| Date of death | 11 November 2009 (aged 74) |
| Knessets | 12, 13, 14 |
| Party | Independent (1999) |
| Former parties | Alignment (1988-1991) Labor Party (1991-1996) Third Way (1996-1999) |
Emanuel Zisman (Hebrew: עמנואל זיסמן) (Bulgarian: Емануел Зисман) (February 11, 1935 – November 11, 2009) was an Israeli politician and ambassador. He served as a member of the Knesset between 1988 and 1999.
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Born in Bulgaria, Zisman made aliyah to Israel in 1949. He later returned to Bulgaria as Israeli ambassador. On March 10, 1943, the Jewish community of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, including Zisman and his mother and sister, were rounded up for deportation in the Jewish quarter of the city, near the school. In the wake of public pressure, the Tsar of Bulgaria, Boris III, cancelled the order.[1] Zisman was married to Sara and had three children. He lived in the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem.
Zisman was a member of Jerusalem city council, and the Labor Party's chairman in the Jerusalem region. He was first elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list in 1988. He was re-elected in 1992, by which time the Alignment had merged into the Labor Party.
On March 7, 1996, Zisman and Avigdor Kahlani left the Labor Party to form the Third Way.[2] The new party won four seats in the elections that year, and joined Benjamin Netanyahu's government. On 29 March 1999 Zisman left the party to serve the rest of the term as an independent MK.[2] He lost his seat in the May elections.