Politicsעמוס דגני

Amos Degani

Amos Degani was an Israeli politician and trade unionist who served in the Knesset from 1957 to 1969 and headed the Hefer Valley Regional Council from 1975 to 1995.

1926 to 2012Knesset member for Mapai and RafiHeading the Hefer Valley Regional CouncilLeadership in the Moshavim Movement

Born: 23 May 1926, Tel Aviv
Died: 28 July 2012, Israel
Occupation: politician, trade unionist
Party: Rafi
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Amos Degani was born in 1926 in Tel Aviv

Amos Degani was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to Shmuel and Batya Degani. In 1933 his family moved to Kfar Vitkin. As a youth he was active in HaNoar HaOved and joined its secretariat in 1942.

He studied public administration at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In the Moshavim Movement he sat on the secretariat and directed its department of youth settlement and security. After the state was founded he helped bring Bulgarian Jews to Israel and trained immigrants at Moshav Tashur in the Negev.

He joined Mapai in 1944 and entered the Knesset in 1957, replacing Aharon Remez. In 1965 he left Mapai with the group that founded Rafi under David Ben-Gurion. He returned to the Knesset in December 1965 after Tzvi Tzur resigned, and he lost his seat in 1969.

From 1970 to 1975 he sat on the Histadrut's coordinating committee and was responsible for cooperatives in Hevrat Ovdim. From 1975 to 1995 he headed the Hefer Valley Regional Council. He was married to Yehudit and had 2 daughters, and he died in 2012.