Haneh Hadad

Haneh Hadad (Arabic: حنا حداد, Hebrew: חנא חדד; 19 April 1919 – 5 October 2020) was an Israeli Arab police officer and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party between 1995 and 1996.

Haneh Hadad
Faction represented in the Knesset
1995–1996Labor Party
Personal details
Born(1919-04-19)19 April 1919
Jish, Palestine
Died5 October 2020(2020-10-05) (aged 101)

Biography

Born in Jish in April 1919, Hadad received a high school education, before joining the police force. He worked as a detective, and became a Chief Superintendent and assistant to the Minister of Police.

In the 1981 Knesset elections, he headed the Arab Brotherhood List, but it won only 0.4% of the vote and failed to cross the electoral threshold. In 1988 he became a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations. He was on the Labor Party list for the 1992 elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 5 July 1995 as a replacement for Avraham Burg,[1] and was made a Deputy Speaker. He lost his seat in the 1996 elections.

References
  1. Knesset Members in the Thirteenth Knesset Knesset website
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