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Shafik Assad

Shafik Assad was an Israeli Druze politician and trade unionist who served as a member of the Knesset from 1977 to 1981 and headed the Beit Jann local council.

1937 to 2004Knesset member from 1977 to 1981Heading the Beit Jann local councilFounding the Ahva faction

Born: 10 April 1937, Beit Jann
Died: 6 June 2004, Israel
Occupation: politician, trade unionist
Party: Democratic Movement for Change

Shafik Assad was born in 1937 in Beit Jann

Shafik Assad was born on 10 April 1937 in Beit Jann. He went to high school in Rameh.

From 1961 to 1967 he was secretary of the Histadrut in his hometown. He later headed the Beit Jann local council. He lost the 1976 race for council head.

He joined the Democratic Movement for Change and was elected to the Knesset on its list in 1977. After the party split in 1978, he joined the Democratic Movement. In 1980 he and Shlomo Eliyahu formed the Ahva faction, and in 1981 he moved to Telem but lost his seat in that year's election.

In the 1980s he again headed the Beit Jann council and led efforts to expand the village, which lies within the Mount Meron nature reserve. He served as council head once more from 1998 to 2003. He was killed in a road accident on 6 June 2004.