Aryeh Bahir

Aryeh Bahir
Date of birth	1 May 1906
Place of birth	Odessa, Russian Empire
Year of aliyah	1924
Date of death	13 September 1970(1970-09-13) (aged 64)
Knessets	1, 3, 6
Party	Alignment (1969)
Former parties	Mapai (1949-1951, 1955-1959) Rafi (1967-1968) Labor Party (1968-1969)

Aryeh Bahir (Hebrew: אריה בהיר‎, born Aryeh Geller on 1 May 1906, died 13 September 1970) was an Israeli politician who served a member of the Knesset for Mapai, Rafi, the Labor Party and the Alignment.

Biography

Born in Odessa in the Russian Empire (today in Ukraine), Bahir studied at the Hebrew Gynmasium and Polytechnic in his home city, and was a memebr of Hashomer Hatzair. He made aliyah to Mandate Palestine in 1924, and was one of the founders of kibbutz Afikim in 1932. He was an activist for the HaKibbutz HaMeuhad movement, and also served on the board of directors of Solel Boneh construction company.

A leader of the Netzeh faction of Hashomer Hatzair, Bahir later joined Mapai. He was elected to the first Knesset on Mapai's list in 1949. Although he lost his seat in the 1951 elections, he returned to the Knesset after the 1955 elections. He lost his seat again in 1959.

In 1965 he joined Ben-Gurion's new Rafi party, and was on its list for the elections that year. Although he missed out on a seat, he entered the Knesset on 20 February 1967 as a replacement for Yizhar Smiliansky.^[1] During his third term, Rafi merged into the Labor Party, which then became the Alignment. He lost his seat in the 1969 elections and died the following year.

References

1. ^ Knesset Members of the Sixth Knesset Knesset website

External links

• Aryeh Bahir Knesset website

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Name	Bahir, Aryeh
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Date of birth	1 May 1906
Place of birth	Odessa, Russian Empire
Date of death	13 September 1970
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