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Haviv Shimoni

Haviv Shimoni was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1974 to 1977.

1933 to 1994Alignment Knesset memberLeading Kurdish Jews' national associationNachlaot school integration campaign

Born: 13 January 1933, Duhok Governorate
Died: 13 July 1994, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: Alignment
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Haviv Shimoni was born in 1933 in Duhok Governorate

Haviv Shimoni was born in 1933 in Dohuk, in northern Iraq. He moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1936. He married Shlomit.

He studied political science and Middle Eastern studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned a BA. He also studied public administration.

He joined Mapai in 1951 and was active in its Jerusalem branch. He sat on the Jerusalem Workers Council from 1965 and later served on the city council. From 1964 he worked at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, where he headed the workers committee and was in charge of product design.

He entered the Knesset in 1974 for the Alignment, replacing Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi after his death. He sat on committees for labor and welfare, education and culture, and public services, and lost his seat in 1977. He also co-founded the national association of Kurdish Jews in Israel in 1963 and served as its general secretary.

As a city council member, he led the Nachlaot residents' campaign for school integration with Rehavia. He died in 1994.

Milestones in Haviv Shimoni's life

1933
Born in Dohuk.
1936
Moved to Mandatory Palestine.
1951
Joined Mapai.
1963
Co-founded the national association of Kurdish Jews in Israel.
1973
Became chair of the Israeli Centre for Product Design.
1974
Entered the Knesset for the Alignment.
1976
A center for Eastern Jewish heritage was set up in the Ministry of Education through his efforts.
1977
Lost his Knesset seat.
1994
Died.