Emanuel Zisman
Emanuel Zisman ( Hebrew עמנואל זיסמן; * February 11, 1935 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria ; † November 12, 2009 ) was an Israeli politician .
Zisman was born in Bulgaria in 1935. In 1949 his family emigrated to Israel and settled in Jerusalem .
In 1988 Zisman was first elected to the Knesset . In 1992 he was re-elected. On March 7, 1996, Zisman and Avigdor Kahalani left the Avoda and founded the Third Way party . In the elections that took place in the same year, the new party won four seats in the Knesset and took part in the government of Benjamin Netanyahu .
On March 29, 1999, Zisman resigned from the party and sat from then on as a non-party member of the Knesset. He lost his seat in the May elections. In addition to his parliamentary activities, Zisman was also a member of the City Council of Jerusalem, as well as long-time chairman of the "Israeli-Bulgarian Society".
In October 2000 he became the Israeli ambassador to Bulgaria. He held this post until November 2002.
Zisman was a bearer of the highest Bulgarian Order of Merit “Stara Planina” . He was married and had three children.
Web links
- Entry on the Knesset website
- Article on the occasion of his assumption as ambassador
- Bulgaria's friend, Emanuel Zisman, died (Bulgarian) on www.mediapool.bg, November 12, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zisman, Emanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | עמנואל זיסמן (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plovdiv , Bulgaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2009 |