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Shimon Bejarno

Shimon Bejarano was an Israeli industrialist and politician who served as a Knesset member for the General Zionists from 1951 to 1959.

1910 to 1971Founding the Bejarno Bros cigarette factoryThe Assis juice plantGeneral Zionists Knesset member

Born: 28 September 1910, Plovdiv
Died: 17 October 1971, Israel
Occupation: politician, manager, industrialist, chief executive officer
Party: General Zionists
Education: University of Milan

Shimon Bejarno was born in 1910 in Plovdiv

Bejarano was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on 28 September 1910, into a Zionist family. His father Michael and his uncle Mordechai Romano were among the heads of the Zionist movement in Bulgaria.

He attended a gymnasium in Switzerland. He then studied economics at the University of Milan.

In 1936 he moved to Mandatory Palestine with his three brothers and settled in Tel Binyamin in Ramat Gan. With his brothers he founded the Bejarno Bros cigarette factory, and they later acquired the Assis plant together with their uncle Marco Romano. He sat on the board of Bank Leumi and the advisory board of the Bank of Israel, and was active in the Manufacturers Association.

He was elected to the Knesset for the General Zionists in 1951 and re-elected in 1955. He served on the economic, finance and labor committees. He did not run in 1959 after the early deaths of his brothers Joseph and Moshe.

He died on 17 October 1971. A street in Ramat Gan is named after him and his brothers.