- Shimon Sheetrit
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Date of birth = Birth date and age|1946|3|1|df=yes
Place of birth =Erfoud ,Morocco
Year of Aliyah = 1949
Date of death =
Place of death =
Knesset(s) = 12th, 13th
Party = Labor Party
Former parties = Alignment
Gov't roles = Minister of Economics & Planning
Minister of Science & Technology
Minister of Religious Affairs|Dr Shimon Sheetrit ( _he. שמעון שטרית, born 1 March 1946) is a former
Israel i politician who held several ministerial portfolios between 1992 and 1996.Biography
Born in
Erfoud inMorocco , Sheetrit's family madealiyah toIsrael in 1949. He studied law at theHebrew University of Jerusalem , gaining an LLB and LLM. He then went on to theUniversity of Chicago , where he gained an LLD.In 1988 he was elected to the
Knesset on the Alignment's list. After being re-elected in 1992 (by which time the Alignment had become the Labor Party), Sheetrit was appointed Minister of Economics and Planning and Minister of Science and Technology. He lost the latter portfolio in June 1993 when it was given toShulamit Aloni , but also became Minister of Religious Affairs in February 1992. WhenShimon Peres formed a new government following theassassination of Yitzhak Rabin , he remained Minster of Religious Affairs, but lost the Economics and Planning portfolio.In the 1996 elections Sheetrit lost his seat and his place in the cabinet.
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