Moshe Ben-Ami

Moshe Ben-Ami
Date of birth	1898
Place of birth	Tiberias, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	18 February 1960
Knessets	1
Party	Sephardim and Oriental Communities

Moshe Ben-Ami (Hebrew: משה בן-עמי‎, born 1898, died 18 February 1960) was an Israeli politician and lawyer.

Biography

Born in Tiberias at a time when it was part of the Ottoman Empire, Ben-Ami studied at a local yeshiva and the Lipshitz Teachers' Seminary in Jerusalem. He also studied law at the Jerusalem School of Jurisprudence, and was certified as a lawyer.

He became chairman of the Jewish neighbourhoods of Jaffa in 1943, serving for three years. He also chaired the Social Services Department of Tel Aviv city council, and was deputy chairman of the Sephardi Committee in the city.

In the first Knesset elections in 1949 he won a seat on the Sephardim and Oriental Communities list and served as a member of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, the House Committee and the Finance Committee. He lost his seat in the 1951 elections.

External links

• Moshe Ben-Ami Knesset website

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Name	Ben-Ami, Moshe
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Date of birth	1898
Place of birth	Tiberias, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	18 February 1960
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