Amin-Salim Jarjora

Amin-Salim Jarjora
Date of birth 1886
Place of birth Nazareth, Ottoman Empire
Date of death 20 August 1975
Knessets 1
Faction represented in Knesset
1949–1951 Democratic List of Nazareth

Amin-Salim Jarjora (Hebrew: אמין-סלים ג'רג'ורה‎, born 1886, died 20 August 1975) was an Israeli Arab politician who headed the Democratic List of Nazareth party, for whom he served as a member of the Knesset between 1949 and 1951.

Biography

Born in Nazareth, Jarjora attended law school in Jerusalem.[1] A teacher at the Russian School in his hometown, he served in the Ottoman Army during World War I. After the war he became a lecturer, working at the El-Rashidia College in Jerusalem between 1922 and 1926. He also worked as a lawyer in Haifa and Nazareth.[2]

In the first Knesset elections in 1949, Jarjora headed the Democratic List of Nazareth party, which won two seats. Although he lost his seat in the 1951 elections, he became mayor of Nazareth in 1954, a position he held until 1960.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Amin-Salim Jarjora: Particulars Knesset website
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Amin-Salim Jarjora: Public Activities Knesset website

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