David Schiffman
David Schiffman ( Hebrew דוד שיפמן , Born April 14, 1923 in Warsaw , Republic of Poland ; † October 18, 1982 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa , Israel ) was an Israeli businessman and politician. He was Deputy Minister of Transport in Israel in the 19th government from August 11, 1981 to October 18, 1982 . He was a member of the Knesset for the Likud from 1981 until his death on October 18, 1982. In the Knesset Ariel Weinstein moved up for Schiffman.
Life
At the age of two, he immigrated with his family to Palestine, where he was brought up in the yeshiva . He then attended the teachers' college in Jerusalem. He was a member of the Bne Akiwa youth movement and later founded the Ben Akiwa in Kfar Haroeh ( Hebrew כְּפַר הָרֹאֶ"ה, lit. Haroeh-Dorf, HRAH is an acronym for H a R av A vraham H aCohen Kook ). During his military service in the Israel Defense Forces , he served in the Military Police ( Hebrew חֵיל הַמִּשְׁטָרָה הַצְּבָאִית, Cheil HaMishtara HaTzva'it ).
From 1968 to 1974 Schiffman ran a hotel supply company. Between 1957 and 1972 Schiffman was the Association of Merchants in Israel ( Hebrew התאחדות הסוחרים בישראל) and became involved in the Israeli Liberal Party , where he soon rose. Member of the Central Committee of the Liberal Party, Schiffman joined the Tel Aviv City Council in 1964 and was elected. The city council elected him deputy mayor in 1974, where he was responsible for the youth and construction departments. As a representative of the city, he sat on the boards of the Electricity Company of Israel and the operating company of the Ajalon Expressway. In the 1981 Knesseth elections, Schiffman ran for the Liberal Party, then associated with Cheruth and other parties in the Likkud list association, and was elected. Schiffman died after a long illness in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.
A bridge over the Ajalon Expressway, Ajalon and the North-South Main Line near Tel Aviv Central Station bears Schiffman's name.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Knesset Members in the Tenth Knesset Knesset website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schiffman, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shiffman, David (different spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw , Republic of Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1982 |
| Place of death | Israel |