Yitzhak Peretz (Hebrew: יצחק פרץ, 3 June 1936 – 17 October 2002) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1974 and 1988.
Outside his Knesset activities, Peretz became a member of the directorate of the World Sephardi Federation in 1969, before joining its presidium the following year. From 1978 until 1982 he chaired the Zionist Executive Committee, and from 1979 until 1982 was chairman of the Jewish National Fund's Galilee Development Fund.
He died in 2002 at the age of 66.
Referencesedit
^Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset website
External linksedit
Yitzhak Peretz on the Knesset website
January 01, 1970
yitzhak, peretz, politician, born, 1936, yitzhak, peretz, hebrew, יצחק, פרץ, june, 1936, october, 2002, israeli, politician, served, member, knesset, between, 1974, 1988, yitzhak, peretzfaction, represented, knesset1974, 1981likud1981rafi, national, list1981na. Yitzhak Peretz Hebrew יצחק פרץ 3 June 1936 17 October 2002 was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1974 and 1988 Yitzhak PeretzFaction represented in the Knesset1974 1981Likud1981Rafi National List1981National List1981 1982Likud1982 1988AlignmentPersonal detailsBorn3 June 1936Casablanca MoroccoDied17 October 2002 2002 10 17 aged 66 Biography editBorn in Casablanca in French Morocco in 1936 Peretz made aliyah to Israel in 1950 He attended the Mikveh Yisrael agricultural high school and later Bar Ilan University In 1956 he joined Mapai He worked as a teacher in Rishon LeZion between 1957 and 1963 In 1963 he became a member of Dimona city council Two years later he joined the new Rafi and following its leader David Ben Gurion when he broke away to establish the National List in 1968 In 1971 he became mayor of Dimona a post he held until 1974 when he was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list an alliance of Herut the Liberal Party the Free Centre the National List and the Movement for Greater Israel He was re elected on the Likud list in 1977 On 28 June 1977 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Industry Trade and Tourism a post he held until 15 January 1979 On 26 January 1981 along with Yigal Hurvitz and Zalman Shoval he briefly left Likud to establish Rafi National List and then by himself the National List on 19 May before returning to Likud on 27 May After being re elected later that year Peretz and Amnon Linn defected to the Alignment on 26 October 1982 1 He was re elected on the Alignment list in 1984 before losing his seat in the 1988 elections Outside his Knesset activities Peretz became a member of the directorate of the World Sephardi Federation in 1969 before joining its presidium the following year From 1978 until 1982 he chaired the Zionist Executive Committee and from 1979 until 1982 was chairman of the Jewish National Fund s Galilee Development Fund He died in 2002 at the age of 66 References edit Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups Knesset websiteExternal links editYitzhak Peretz on the Knesset website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yitzhak Peretz politician born 1936 amp oldid 1216591104, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
