Yehezkel Hen
Yehezkel Hen | |
|---|---|
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| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1951–1952 | Mapai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 Boryslav, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 4 April 1952 |
Yehezkel Hen (Hebrew: יחזקאל הן, 1882 – 4 April 1952) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1951 and 1952.
Biography
[edit]Born in Boryslav in Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine), Hen received a religious education, before studying at a Teachers' Seminary in Kiev. He taught Hebrew in Jewish schools until they were shut down by the Yevsektsiya. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1925, where he worked as a teacher and a supervisor for the Histadrut's educational institutions. He also taught at the Levinsky Teachers Seminary in Tel Aviv.
Between 1944 and 1948 he was a member of the Assembly of Representatives for Mapai, and in 1951 he was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list. However, he died on 4 April the following year whilst still an MK. His seat was taken by Rachel Tzabari.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Knesset Members in the Second Knesset Knesset website
External links
[edit]- Yehezkel Hen on the Knesset website