Amin-Salim Jarjora
Amin-Salim Jarjora (12 October 1886 – 20 August 1975) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic List of Nazareth between 1949 and 1951.
Amin-Salim Jarjora
Fritz Cohen · This is available from National Photo Collection of Israel, Photography dept. Government Press Office (link), under the digital ID D849-112. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the a · Public domain
- Name
- Amin-Salim Jarjora
- Born
- 12 October 1886
- Birthplace
- Nazareth, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 20 August 1975
- Place of death
- Nazareth, Israel
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire · Mandatory Palestine · Israel
- Occupation
- politician · lawyer · teacher · poet
- Education
- Institute of Law in palestine
- Languages
- Arabic · English · Hebrew
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Amin-Salim Jarjora (12 October 1886 – 20 August 1975) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Democratic List of Nazareth between 1949 and 1951.
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• Name — Amin-Salim Jarjora • Office1 — Faction represented in the Knesset • Suboffice1 — Democratic List of Nazareth • Subterm1 — 1949–1951 • Born — 12 October 1886 • Birthplace — Nazareth, Ottoman Empire • Died — 20 August 1975 • Place of death — Nazareth, Israel
Biography
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Born in Nazareth to a Christian Arab family, Jarjora attended law school in Jerusalem. A teacher at the Russian School in his hometown, he served in the Ottoman Army during World War I. After the war he taught at Rashidiya school in Jerusalem between 1922 and 1926. He also worked as a lawyer in Haifa and Nazareth. In the first Knesset elections in 1949, Jarjora was placed second on the Democratic List of Nazareth party, which won two seats. He was placed second on the Agriculture and Development list for the 1951 elections, losing his seat as the party won only one seat. He became mayor of Nazareth in 1954, a position he held until 1959.
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Amin-Salim Jarjora is recorded with the occupation politician. Recorded as politician, lawyer, teacher and poet.
P.m. Moshe Sharett and Nazareth mayor mr. Amin Gargurah at Nazareth pipeline ceremony.
Moshe Pridan · This is available from National Photo Collection of Israel, Photography dept. Government Press Office (link), under the digital ID D233-026. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the a
Amin Jarjura, mayor of Nezareth in the first Isreali government, 1955.
Fritz Cohen · This is available from National Photo Collection of Israel, Photography dept. Government Press Office (link), under the digital ID D849-112. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the a
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1886
Amin-Salim Jarjora was born on 12 October 1886.
1975
Amin-Salim Jarjora died on 20 August 1975.
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