| Faras Hamdan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1951–1959 | Agriculture and Development |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1910 Baqa al-Gharbiyye, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 29 November 1966 |
Faras Hamdan (Arabic: فارس حمدان; Hebrew: פארס חמדאן, 1910 – 29 November 1966) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Agriculture and Development party between 1951 and 1959.
Biography
Hamdan was born in Baqa al-Gharbiyye during the Ottoman era. In 1944, he was elected head of local council of his village, where he later established a citrus confectionery factory.
In 1951, he was elected to the Knesset as head of the Agriculture and Development list, which was associated with the ruling Mapai party. The party joined David Ben-Gurion's government, but Hamdan did not receive a ministerial portfolio.
He was re-elected in 1955, and again joined the governing coalition. For the 1959 elections, the party was headed by Mahmud A-Nashaf. It won only one seat and Hamdan lost his place in the Knesset.
He died in 1966.
References
- Faras Hamdan: Public Activities Knesset website
External links
Media related to Fares Hamdan at Wikimedia Commons
- Faras Hamdan on the Knesset website
- 1910 births
- 1966 deaths
- 20th-century Israeli businesspeople
- 20th-century Israeli politicians
- Agriculture and Development leaders
- Arab members of the Knesset
- Arab people in Mandatory Palestine
- Arab people from Ottoman Palestine
- Mayors of local councils in Israel
- Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955)
- Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959)
- People from Baqa al-Gharbiyye