Binyamin Sasson
Binyamin Sasson | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1951 | Sephardim & Oriental Communities |
1951–1955 | General Zionists |
Personal details | |
Born | 1903 Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1 May 1989 Israel |
Binyamin Sasson (Hebrew: בנימין ששון; 1903 – 1 May 1989) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset from 1951 to 1955.
Biography
Born Saleh Silas in Baghdad during the Ottoman era, Sasson emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1937. He became one of the leaders of Sephardic Jews in Palestine and served as deputy chairman of the Committee of Sephardi Jewry. He was also a member of the board of the World Federation of Sephardi Communities and president of the Iraqi community in Tel Aviv. He was one of the founders of the Israeli branch of Rotary and served as president of the Tel Aviv branch between 1945 and 1946.
A municipal judge, he was elected to the Knesset in 1951 on the Sephardim and Oriental Communities list. Six weeks after the elections the party merged into the General Zionists. Sasson lost his seat in the 1955 elections. He died in 1989.
External links
- Binyamin Sasson on the Knesset website