Moshe Sharoni

Moshe Sharoni was born in 1929 in Buhuși

Moshe Sharoni was born in Buhuși, Romania, in 1929. He emigrated to Israel in 1948.

He joined the IDF on arrival and served in several posts, including as bureau chief to Haim Laskov and Meir Zorea. He left the army in 1964 as a major. He studied human resources and municipal management at the University of Haifa, finishing in 1978 and 1987.

He worked for many years at the Haifa municipality and headed its workers' union in the 1960s. Before the 1996 elections he helped found a pensioners' party with Nava Arad, which did not pass the threshold. In 2006 he entered the Knesset on the Gil list led by Rafi Eitan.

In the Knesset he chaired the Labor and Welfare Committee and the Gil faction until his removal from both posts in October 2007. In 2008 he led a split that formed the Justice for the Elderly faction, approved on 2 June 2008, and it rejoined Gil that October. In 2008 police recommended charging him, but in 2009 the state prosecution closed the case.

He lost his seat in 2009 when Gil failed to pass the threshold. He was married with 2 children, lived in Haifa, and died on 20 September 2020.