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Moshe Amar

Moshe Amar was an Israeli lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1977 to 1981.

1922 to 2015Alignment member of the KnessetLeading Mapam's Haifa branchHeading Haifa's Sephardic community committee

Born: 21 May 1922, Safed
Died: 30 November 2015
Occupation: politician, lawyer
Party: Alignment
Education: Jerusalem Law Classes

Moshe Amar was born in 1922 in Safed

Moshe Amar was born in Safed in 1922, during the Mandate era. As a youth he was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement.

He studied at the Scottish College high school in Safed and then at the Mandatory school of law in Jerusalem. He was certified as a lawyer.

He joined Mapam in 1951 and served as secretary and chairman of its Haifa branch. He also sat on the party's central committee and secretariat, and was a member of the Haifa city council. In 1977 he was elected to the Knesset for Mapam on the Alignment list, and he lost his seat in the 1981 elections.

In the Knesset he sat on the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee and the Interior and Environment Committee. In Haifa he headed the Sephardic community committee and initiated a Sephardic home for the elderly. He also chaired the municipal company Shikmona and was a member of the world presidium of the Sephardic Federation.

In 2006 he received the title of Distinguished Citizen of Haifa for his public work. He died in 2015.