Weizman Shiry

Weizman Shiry (Hebrew: ויצמן שירי, born 5 February 1956) is an Israeli politician and a former member of the Knesset for the Labor Party.

Weizman Shiry
Faction represented in the Knesset
1999–2001One Israel
2001–2003Labor Party
2006Labor Party
Personal details
Born (1956-02-05) 5 February 1956
Beersheba, Israel

Biography

Shiry was born in Beersheba in 1956 to parents who had made aliyah from Iraq and was named after Chaim Weizmann. He served in the Hermesh unit of the Israel Defense Forces. He then turned to business and headed several industrial companies, including a real estate company and a juice company which he purchased in 2007 for NIS 5 million.[1]

He entered politics in 1984. His political activity included his membership in the internal institutions of the Labor Party, as well as being chairman of the party's Negev district.[1] He was on the party's list for the 1996 legislative elections, but failed to win a seat.

In 1999, he was first elected to the Knesset and was chairman of the Joint Committee for the Defense Budget. In August 2002, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense, under Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and maintained this position for three months, until the party's withdrawal from the coalition. He remained in the Knesset until the expiration of its term, in 2003.[1] In January 2006, he re-entered the Knesset, replacing Shimon Peres, and served until the expiration of the Knesset's term in April 2006.

In April 2009, he was appointed temporary secretary-general of the Labor Party.[2]

References
  1. Weitz, Gidi (5 June 2009). "Who are you calling a courtier?". Haaretz. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  2. "Labor treasurer resigns in protest", The Jerusalem Post, 23 April 2009
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