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Assad Assad Date of birth 10 February 1944 Place of birth Beit Jann, Mandate Palestine Knessets 13 Party Likud Assad Assad (Arabic: أسعد أسعد, born 10 February 1944) is a Druze Israeli former officer, diplomat and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1992 and 1996.
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Biography
Born in Beit Jann during the Mandate era, Assad joined the IDF, and remained in it as a career soldier. He was discharged holding the rank of colonel. He gained a BA in political science and history of the Middle East from the University of Haifa, and in 1980 became a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations. He later became an advisor to the Prime Minister on Druze affairs, and was also a member of the Israeli delegation to the Madrid peace talks in 1991.[1]
He was elected to the Knesset on the Likud list in 1992, and sat on several committees until losing his seat in the 1996 elections. He was one of the few Likud MKs not to vote against the Oslo Accords.
See also
- Amal Nasser el-Din
- Ayoob Kara
References
- ^ Asaad Asaad: Public Activities Knesset website
External links
- Assad Assad Knesset website
Categories:- 1944 births
- Arabs in Ottoman and British Palestine
- People from North District (Israel)
- Druze people of Israeli nationality
- Israeli soldiers
- University of Haifa alumni
- Israeli diplomats
- Members of the Knesset
- Living people
- Likud politicians
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