Mordechai Ofer

Mordechai Ofer
Date of birth	20 February 1924
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Year of aliyah	1925
Date of death	1 September 1971(1971-09-01) (aged 47)
Knessets	6, 7
Party	Alignment (1965-68, 1969-71)
Former parties	Labor Party (1968-69)

Mordechai Ofer (Hebrew: מרדכי עופר‎, born 20 February 1924, died 1 September 1971) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment and Labor Party from 1965 until his death in 1971.

Biography

Born in Kraków in Poland in 1924, Ofer made aliyah to Mandate Palestine the following year. He joined the Mandate-era Jewish Police force, and served in the IDF during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

After being demobilised in 1950 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he began working for Egged. He became a member of the co-operative's board, and from 1961 until his death, served as director of its Finances department.

In 1965 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list. He was re-elected in 1969, but died in office in September 1971 at the age of 47. His seat was taken by Moshe Shahal.^[1]

References

1. ^ Knesset Members of the Seventh Knesset Knesset website

External links

• Mordechai Ofer Knesset website

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Name	Ofer, Mordechai
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Date of birth	20 February 1924
Place of birth	Kraków, Poland
Date of death	1 September 1971
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