List of members of the Knesset who died in office

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

List
Member Party Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Avraham Taviv Mapai 20 April 1950[1] 60-61
Yehezkel Hen Mapai 4 April 1952 69-70
Eliezer Kaplan Mapai 13 July 1952 61
David-Zvi Pinkas Mizrachi 14 August 1952[2] 56 Heart attack
Eliyahu Hacarmeli Mapai 21 December 1952 61
Avraham Deutsch Agudat Yisrael 25 May 1953 63-64
Yitzhak Yitzhaky Mapam 21 September 1955 52
Haim Ariav General Zionists 16 June 1957 61-62
Avraham Abaas Ahdut HaAvoda 17 September 1958 45-46
Yosef Sprinzak Mapai 28 January 1959 73
Zalman Ben-Ya'akov Religious Torah Front 2 March 1959 61-62
Shimshon Unichman Herut 21 March 1961 54
Binyamin Mintz PAI 30 May 1961 58
Giora Yoseftal Mapai 23 August 1962 50
Herzl Berger Mapai 28 August 1962 57
Hanan Rubin Mapam 24 October 1962 54
Mordechai Nurock Mafdal 8 November 1962 83
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg Mafdal 2 April 1963 63
Ami Assaf Mapai 17 May 1963[3] 59
Meir Argov Mapai 24 November 1963 57-58
Jenia Tversky Mapai 9 April 1964 59
Avraham Drori Herut 20 August 1964 45
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda Ahdut HaAvoda 4 May 1965 69
Moshe Sharett Mapai 7 July 1965 70 Lung cancer[4]
Eliyahu Meridor Gahal 16 October 1966 52
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Alignment 28 January 1967 71-72
Ya'akov Katz PAI 21 December 1967 60
Levi Eshkol Labor 26 February 1969 73 Heart attack[5]
Aryeh Ben-Eliezer Gahal 29 January 1970 56
Haim-Moshe Shapira Mafdal 16 July 1970 68
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir Mafdal 4 April 1971 60
Yitzhak-Meir Levin Agudat Yisrael 7 August 1971[6] 78
Mordechai Ofer Alignment 1 September 1971 47
Yosef Sapir Gahal 26 February 1972 70
Moshe Sneh Maki 1 March 1972[7] 63
Reuven Barkat Alignment 5 April 1972 65
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi Alignment 14 February 1974[8] 48
Uzi Feinerman Alignment 8 April 1975 50-51
Michael Hasani Mafdal 2 July 1975 62
Pinchas Sapir Alignment 12 August 1975 68 Heart attack[9]
Zvi Guershoni Alignment 1 September 1976 60-61
Avraham Ofer Alignment 3 January 1977 54-55 Suicide[10]
Yehoshua Rabinovitz Alignment 14 August 1979 67 Heart attack[11]
Yigal Allon Alignment 29 February 1980 61 Heart failure[12]
Hamad Abu Rabia Ra'am 12 January 1981 51-52 Assassinated[13]
Hanna Mwais Hadash 13 February 1981[14] 67-68
Moshe Dayan Telem (1981 political party) 16 October 1981 66 Heart attack, colon cancer[15]
Moshe Harif Alignment 15 January 1982 48 Traffic collision
David Shiffman Likud 18 October 1982 59
Simcha Erlich Likud 19 June 1983[16] 67
Yitzhak Seiger Likud 5 February 1985 48
Michael Reisser Likud 27 October 1988 42 Traffic collision[17]
Yigal Cohen Likud 6 December 1988 59-60
Tawfiq Ziad Hadash 5 July 1994 65 Traffic collision[18]
Mordechai Gur Labor 16 July 1995 65 Suicide[19]
Haim Kaufman Likud 7 August 1995 60
Yitzhak Rabin Labor 4 November 1995 73 Assassinated[20]
Ariel Weinstein Likud 10 March 1996 63
Avraham Stern Mafdal 12 May 1997 61
Zevulun Hammer Mafdal 20 January 1998 61
Rehavam Ze'evi National Union 17 October 2001 75 Assassinated during the Second Intifada[21]
Yehudit Naot Shinui 16 December 2004 60 Throat cancer[22]
Yuri Stern Yisrael Beiteinu 16 January 2007 57 Cancer[23]
Avraham Ravitz UTJ 26 January 2009 57 Heart disease[24]
Ze'ev Boim Kadima 18 March 2011 67 Cancer[25]
Gideon Ezra Kadima 17 May 2012 74 Lung cancer[26]
Uri Orbach Jewish Home 16 February 2015 54 Chronic hematologic disease[27]
Said al-Harumi Ra'am 25 August 2021 49 Heart attack[28]

References
  1. Knesset Members in the First Knesset Knesset website
  2. David-Zvi Pinkas Knesset
  3. Ami Assaf: Public Activities Knesset website
  4. "Moshe Sharett Dies in Jerusalem; Body Laid in State; Funeral Tomorrow". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. "This Day in Jewish History Levi Eshkol, Unsung Israeli Prime Minister, Dies". Haaretz. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. Thousands Pay Last Respects to Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Levin, 77, Agudath Israel Leader Jewish Telegraph Agency, 9 August 1971
  7. Dr. Sneh to be buried in accordance with Jewish religious tradition
  8. Abd-El-Aziz E-Zoubi: Public Activities Knesset website
  9. Whitman, Alden (13 August 1975). "Pinhas Sapir, 68, of Israel, Ex-Cabinet Minister, Dies". The New York Times. p. 36. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  10. "Suicide, Scandal and Political Chaos". Time. 1977-01-17. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  11. "Yehoshua Rabinowitz Is Dead in Jerusalem, Ex‐Finance Minister". The New York Times. August 15, 1979. p. D18.
  12. "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". The New York Times. 1980-03-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  13. "Bedouin Knesset Member Assassinated". Center for Israel Education. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  14. Hanna Mwais: Personal Details Knesset
  15. "MOSHE DAYAN, 66, DIES IN ISRAEL; HERO OF WAR, ARCHITECT OF PEACE". The New York Times. 1981-10-17. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  16. "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.
  17. Itzik power NRG, 4 February 2005
  18. "Tawfik Ziad, 65, Mayor of Nazareth, Obituary". New York Times. 6 July 1994.
  19. Greenberg, Joel (1995-07-17). "Mordechai Gur Is Dead at 65; Army Chief and Entebbe Planner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  20. Schmemann, Serge (5 November 1995). "Assassination in Israel; Rabin Slain After Peace Rally in Tel Aviv; Israeli Gunman Held; Says He Acted Alone". The New York Times.
  21. Bennet, James (16 October 2001). "Right-Wing Israeli Minister Is Killed". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  22. Web site names celebs who died from smoking The Jerusalem Post, 24 October 2005
  23. "Knesset Member Yuri Stern Dead at 58". Israel National News. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  24. Medzini, Ronen (2009-01-26). "MK Avraham Ravitz dies at 75". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  25. Lis, Jonathan (18 March 2011). "MK Ze'ev Boim dies at 67". Haaretz. Israel. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  26. "MK Gideon Ezra dies at 74". Ynetnews.com. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  27. Ex-Jewish Home minister Uri Orbach dies at 54 Times of Israel, 16 February 2015
  28. Spungin, Tal; Zaig, Gadi (25 August 2021). "Ra'am MK Said al-Harumi dies from heart attack at 49". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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