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Yehezkel Hen | |
|---|---|
 Hen in 1951 | |
| Faction represented in the Knesset | |
| 1951–1952 | Mapai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1882 |
| Died | 4 April 1952 (aged 69–70) |
Yehezkel Hen (Hebrew: יחזקאל הן; 1882 – 4 April 1952) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1951 and 1952.
Biography
[edit]Born in Boryslav in Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine), Hen received a religious education, before studying at a Teachers' Seminary in Kiev.[1] He taught Hebrew in Jewish schools until they were shut down by the Yevsektsiya.[1] He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1925, where he worked as a teacher and a supervisor for the Histadrut's educational institutions.[1] He also taught at the Levinsky Teachers Seminary in Tel Aviv.[1]
Between 1944 and 1948 he was a member of the Assembly of Representatives for Mapai, and in 1951 he was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list.[1] However, he died on 4 April the following year while still an MK. His seat was taken by Rachel Tzabari.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Yechezkel Hen". Knesset.
- ↑ Knesset Members in the Second Knesset Knesset
External links
[edit]- Yehezkel Hen on the Knesset website
- 1882 births
- 1952 deaths
- People from Boryslav
- Polish emigrants to Israel
- Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
- Jews from Mandatory Palestine
- Mapai politicians
- Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine)
- 20th-century Israeli educators
- Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955)
- Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
- Burials at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery
- Immigrants of the Fourth Aliyah