Politicsראובן שרי

Reuven Sheri

Reuven Shari was an Israeli politician who served in the Knesset for Mapai from 1949 to 1955 and later as civil service commissioner.

1903 to 1989Knesset member for MapaiDeputy mayor of JerusalemCivil service commissioner

Born: 7 April 1903, Comrat
Died: 6 July 1989, Israel
Occupation: politician
Party: Mapai

Reuven Sheri was born in 1903 in Comrat

Reuven Shari was born Reuven Schreibman in Comrat in 1903. He received a Jewish education and studied law at the University of Iași. He was among the founders of the Tze'irei Zion movement in Romania and immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1925.

He first worked as a laborer in building and farming and helped drain swamps near the Kishon. In 1930 he became secretary of the workers' council in Kfar Saba. He then led the workers' councils of Rehovot from 1934 to 1943 and of Jerusalem from 1943 to 1949.

For Mapai he sat on the Jerusalem City Council and served as deputy mayor from 1948 to 1951. He was a Knesset member from 1949 to 1955 and served on its Labor Committee. In 1951 he was Deputy Minister of Transportation.

From 1957 to 1968 he oversaw labor relations at the Ministry of Labor, and from 1962 he was also civil service commissioner. After retiring he chaired the retirees' organization in Jerusalem. He died in 1989 and was buried on the Mount of Olives.