Chaim Cohen-Meguri

Chaim Cohen-Meguri was born in 1913 in Yemen

Cohen-Meguri was born in Sana'a, Yemen, in 1913. He came to the Land of Israel alone in 1921 and first lived in Zikhron Ya'akov. After his parents arrived, he lived in Tel Aviv and studied at the Balfour school.

He joined the Betar youth movement in 1927. In 1934 he settled in Netanya and was among the founders of Kfar Ramat Tiomkin. In 1935 he joined the Irgun and represented Yemenite immigrants before the institutions of the Netanya colony, later on its council.

In 1948 he joined Herut and sat on its central committee and directorate. He was elected to the Knesset in 1949, lost his seat in 1951, and returned in 1953 as a replacement for Aryeh Ben-Eliezer. He was re-elected in 1955, 1959, 1961 and 1965, and left the Knesset in 1969.

He served on Netanya's city council and religious council. After his son and daughter-in-law died in a road accident, he founded an institution in Netivot for children with learning difficulties named after them, and headed it for several years. He was named a Distinguished Citizen of Netanya in 1976 and died in 2000.