List of members of the Knesset who died in office explained

The following is a list of members of the Knesset who died in office.

List

MemberPartyDate of deathAge at death (years)Cause
Avraham Tavivnowrap 20 April 1950[1] nowrap 60-61
Yehezkel Hennowrap 4 April 1952nowrap 69-70
Eliezer Kaplannowrap 13 July 1952nowrap 61[2]
David-Zvi Pinkasnowrap 14 August 1952[3] nowrap 56Heart disease[4]
Eliyahu Hacarmelinowrap 21 December 1952nowrap 61
Avraham Deutschnowrap 25 May 1953nowrap 63-64
Yitzhak Yitzhakynowrap 21 September 1955nowrap 52
Haim Ariavnowrap 18 June 1957nowrap 62[5]
Avraham Abaasnowrap 17 September 1958nowrap 45-46
Yosef Sprinzak[6] nowrap 28 January 1959nowrap 73
Zalman Ben-Ya'akovnowrap 2 March 1959nowrap 61-62
Shimshon Unichmannowrap 21 March 1961nowrap 54
Binyamin Mintznowrap 30 May 1961nowrap 58
Giora Yoseftalnowrap 23 August 1962nowrap 50[7]
Herzl Bergernowrap 29 August 1962nowrap 58[8]
Hanan Rubinnowrap 24 October 1962nowrap 54[9]
Mordechai Nurocknowrap 9 November 1962nowrap 74Heart disease[10]
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenbergnowrap 2 April 1963nowrap 63
Ami Assafnowrap 17 May 1963[11] nowrap 61Heart attack[12]
Meir Argovnowrap 24 November 1963nowrap 57Heart attack[13]
Jenia Tverskynowrap 9 April 1964nowrap 59
Avraham Drorinowrap 20 August 1964nowrap 45[14]
Yisrael Bar-Yehudanowrap 4 May 1965nowrap 69
Moshe Sharettnowrap 7 July 1965nowrap 70Lung cancer[15]
Eliyahu Meridornowrap 16 October 1966[16] nowrap 52
Bechor-Shalom Sheetritnowrap 28 January 1967[17] nowrap 71-72
Ya'akov Katznowrap 21 December 1967nowrap 60
Levi Eshkolnowrap 26 February 1969nowrap 73Heart attack[18]
Aryeh Ben-Eliezernowrap 29 January 1970nowrap 56
Haim-Moshe Shapiranowrap 16 July 1970nowrap 68[19]
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meirnowrap 4 April 1971nowrap 60
Yitzhak-Meir Levinnowrap 7 August 1971[20] nowrap 78
Mordechai Ofernowrap 1 September 1971nowrap 47
Yosef Sapirnowrap 26 February 1972nowrap 70[21]
Moshe Snehnowrap 1 March 1972[22] nowrap 63
Reuven Barkatnowrap 5 April 1972nowrap 65
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubinowrap 14 February 1974[23] nowrap 48
Uzi Feinermannowrap 8 April 1975nowrap 50-51
Michael Hasaninowrap 2 July 1975nowrap 62
Pinchas Sapirnowrap 12 August 1975nowrap 68Heart attack[24]
Zvi Guershoninowrap 1 September 1976nowrap 60-61
Avraham Ofernowrap 3 January 1977nowrap 54-55Suicide[25]
Yehoshua Rabinovitznowrap 14 August 1979nowrap 67Heart attack[26]
Yigal Allonnowrap 29 February 1980nowrap 61Heart failure[27]
Hamad Abu Rabianowrap 12 January 1981nowrap 51-52Assassinated[28]
Hanna Mwaisnowrap 13 February 1981[29] nowrap 67-68
Moshe Dayannowrap 16 October 1981nowrap 66Heart attack, colon cancer[30]
Moshe Harifnowrap 15 January 1982nowrap 48Traffic collision[31]
David Shiffmannowrap 18 October 1982nowrap 59
Simcha Erlichnowrap 19 June 1983[32] nowrap 67
Yitzhak Seigernowrap 5 February 1985nowrap 48
Michael Reissernowrap 27 October 1988nowrap 42Traffic collision[33]
Yigal Cohennowrap 6 December 1988nowrap 59-60
Tawfiq Ziadnowrap 5 July 1994nowrap 65Traffic collision[34]
Mordechai Gurnowrap 16 July 1995nowrap 65Suicide[35]
Haim Kaufmannowrap 7 August 1995nowrap 60
Yitzhak Rabinnowrap 4 November 1995nowrap 73Assassinated[36]
Ariel Weinsteinnowrap 20 July 1996nowrap 63Heart attack[37]
Avraham Sternnowrap 12 May 1997nowrap 61
Zevulun Hammernowrap 20 January 1998nowrap 61[38]
Rehavam Ze'evinowrap 17 October 2001nowrap 75Assassinated during the Second Intifada[39]
Yehudit Naotnowrap 16 December 2004nowrap 60Throat cancer[40]
Yuri Sternnowrap 16 January 2007nowrap 57Cancer[41]
Avraham Ravitznowrap 26 January 2009nowrap 57Heart disease[42]
Ze'ev Boimnowrap 18 March 2011nowrap 67Cancer[43]
Gideon Ezranowrap 17 May 2012nowrap 74Lung cancer[44]
Uri Orbachnowrap 16 February 2015nowrap 54Chronic hematologic disease[45]
Said al-Haruminowrap 25 August 2021nowrap 49Heart attack[46]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindexByKnesset_eng.asp?knesset=1 Knesset Members in the First Knesset
  2. News: Eliezer Kaplan Dies in Italy; Israel Stunned; Funeral Tomorrow . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 14 July 1952 . 5 February 2024.
  3. https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-print/571 David-Zvi Pinkas
  4. News: D.z. Pinkas, Israel Communications Minister, Dies Suddenly . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 15 August 1952 . 5 February 2024.
  5. News: Haim Ariav, Deputy Speaker of Israel Parliament, Dies in Tel Aviv . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 18 June 1957. 5 February 2024.
  6. News: American Zionist Groups Mourn Death of Sprinzak; Issue Tribute . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 30 January 1959 . 5 February 2024.
  7. News: Minister Giora Yoseftal Died in Switzerland and His Coffin Arrives to Israel . Israel Film Archive . 1962 . 5 February 2024.
  8. News: Dr. Herzl Berger, Mapai Leader, Dead; Was Member of Israel Parliament . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 29 August 1962 . 5 February 2024.
  9. News: Hanan Rubin, Deputy Speaker of Israel’s Parliament, Dies at 54 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 25 October 1962 . 5 February 2024.
  10. News: Rabbi Mordecai Nurock, Founder of World Mizrachi, Dies at 74 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 9 November 1962 . 5 February 2024.
  11. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=266 Ami Assaf: Public Activities
  12. News: Ami Assaf, Israel’s Deputy Minister of Education, Dies at Age of 61 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 20 May 1963 . 5 February 2024.
  13. News: Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Meir Argov . The Times of Israel . 11 August 2023 . 5 February 2024.
  14. News: Avraham Drori, Leader of Herut, War Hero, Dies in Israel at 45 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 28 August 1964 . 5 February 2024.
  15. Web site: Moshe Sharett Dies in Jerusalem; Body Laid in State; Funeral Tomorrow. Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 8 May 2023.
  16. News: Grapevine: A reunion of army buddies . The Jerusalem Post . 22 November 2012 . 5 February 2024.
  17. News: Funeral of Knesset Member Bechor Shalom Sheetrit . Israel Film Archive . 1967 . 5 February 2024.
  18. Web site: This Day in Jewish History Levi Eshkol, Unsung Israeli Prime Minister, Dies. Haaretz . 8 May 2023.
  19. News: Moshe Haim Shapiro, 68, Dies; Israel's Minister of the Interior . The New York Times . 17 July 1970 . 5 February 2024.
  20. http://www.jta.org/1971/08/09/archive/thousands-pay-last-respects-to-rabbi-yitzhak-meir-levin-77-agudath-israel-leader Thousands Pay Last Respects to Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Levin, 77, Agudath Israel Leader
  21. News: YOSEF SAPIR . The New York Times . 27 February 1972 . 5 February 2024.
  22. https://www.jta.org/1972/03/03/archive/dr-sneh-to-be-buried-in-accordance-with-jewish-religious-tradition Dr. Sneh to be buried in accordance with Jewish religious tradition
  23. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=404 Abd-El-Aziz E-Zoubi: Public Activities
  24. News: Pinhas Sapir, 68, of Israel, Ex-Cabinet Minister, Dies. Whitman. Alden. The New York Times. 13 August 1975. 36. 26 October 2007.
  25. News: Suicide, Scandal and Political Chaos. Time. 2007-12-29. 1977-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20081215110326/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,918574,00.html. dead. December 15, 2008.
  26. News: Yehoshua Rabinowitz Is Dead in Jerusalem, Ex‐Finance Minister. August 15, 1979. The New York Times. D18.
  27. News: 1980-03-01 . Yigal Allon Is Dead in Israel at 61; War Hero, High Cabinet Member; 'Fidelity and Devotion' Death Near His Birthplace Period of Study at Oxford . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-17 . 0362-4331.
  28. News: Bedouin Knesset Member Assassinated . en . Center for Israel Education. 2023-05-08.
  29. https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-personal-details/495 Hanna Mwais: Personal Details
  30. News: 1981-10-17. MOSHE DAYAN, 66, DIES IN ISRAEL; HERO OF WAR, ARCHITECT OF PEACE . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-08.
  31. News: Moshe Harif, Wife and Son Killed in a Traffic Accident . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 18 January 1982 . 5 February 2024.
  32. News: Mort de M. Simha Erlich, président du parti libéral et vice-premier ministre la dernière " colombe " du cabinet Begin . Le Monde.fr . 21 June 1983 .
  33. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART/863/595.html Itzik power
  34. News: Tawfik Ziad, 65, Mayor of Nazareth, Obituary. New York Times. 6 July 1994.
  35. News: Greenberg. Joel. 1995-07-17. Mordechai Gur Is Dead at 65; Army Chief and Entebbe Planner. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-06-27. 0362-4331.
  36. News: Schmemann. Serge. Assassination in Israel; Rabin Slain After Peace Rally in Tel Aviv; Israeli Gunman Held; Says He Acted Alone . The New York Times. 5 November 1995.
  37. News: MK Ariel Weinstein Dies, Member of Finance Committee and Prominent Parliamentarian on Economics . Globes . 22 July 1996 . 5 February 2024.
  38. News: Zevulun Hammer, 61, Dies; Israel's Education Minister . The New York Times . 21 January 1998 . 5 February 2024 . Schmemann . Serge.
  39. News: Right-Wing Israeli Minister Is Killed. The New York Times. 16 October 2001. 16 December 2014. Bennet. James.
  40. http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1129540590735 Web site names celebs who died from smoking
  41. Web site: Knesset Member Yuri Stern Dead at 58. Israel National News. 16 January 2007 . en. 2018-12-19.
  42. News: Medzini. Ronen. MK Avraham Ravitz dies at 75. Ynetnews. 2009-01-26. 2009-01-26.
  43. Web site: Lis . Jonathan . MK Ze'ev Boim dies at 67 . Haaretz . Israel . 18 March 2011 . 9 September 2011.
  44. Web site: MK Gideon Ezra dies at 74. Ynetnews.com. 20 June 1995. 17 May 2012.
  45. http://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-jewish-home-minister-uri-orbach-dies-at-54/ Ex-Jewish Home minister Uri Orbach dies at 54
  46. News: Spungin . Tal . Zaig . Gadi . Ra'am MK Said al-Harumi dies from heart attack at 49 . 25 August 2021 . The Jerusalem Post . 25 August 2021.

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