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Akram Hasson

Akram Hasson is an Israeli Druze politician and educator who has served in the Knesset for Kadima, Kulanu and New Hope, and who in 2015 became the last leader of Kadima.

born 1959Last leader of KadimaFirst mayor of Carmel CityKnesset member for three parties

Born: 2 July 1959, Daliyat al-Karmel
Occupation: politician, educator
Party: Kadima, Likud, Kulanu

Akram Hasson was born in 1959 in Daliyat al-Karmel

Akram Hasson was born on 2 July 1959 in Daliyat al-Karmel. He attended St. Joseph high school and served in the IDF from 1978 to 1981.

He earned a BA in education in 1996 and a master's degree in business and education administration in 1997. In 2002 he completed a PhD in history at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania.

He worked as a teacher and in the prison service, then led the local community center from 1986. He was deputy head of the Daliyat al-Karmel council from 1989 to 1998 and helped found Carmel College in 1999. From 2003 to 2008 he was the first mayor of Carmel City.

He entered the Knesset for Kadima in May 2012 and lost his seat in 2013. On 27 January 2015 he became Kadima's leader, the first Druze to lead a Jewish party, and two days later joined Kulanu. He served in the Knesset for Kulanu from 2016 to 2019 and returned for New Hope on 10 July 2025.

He has written 8 books on Druze heritage in Israel. He lives in Daliyat al-Karmel and has 5 children.