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Knesset 5
1961-09-04 – 1965-11-22
Party Groupings
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
33 seats
Herut-Liberal Bloc
27 seats
National Religious Party
12 seats
United Workers` Party
9 seats
Ahdut Ha`avoda - Poalei Zion
8 seats
Rafi
8 seats
Independent Liberals
7 seats
Agudat Yisrael
4 seats
Israel Communist Party
3 seats
Kidma Vepituah
2 seats
New Communist List
2 seats
Poalei Agudat Yisrael
2 seats
Shituf Ve-achva
2 seats
Single MK - Yona Kesse
1 seat
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Aharon Goldstein
Herut-Liberal Bloc (from 1963-11-11)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902-12-19 |
| Died | 1976-10-12 |
| wikidata | Q2333020 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/080p71l |
Asher Hassin
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1918-07-07 |
| Died | 1995-03-27 |
| wikidata | Q2901213 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s3pgn |
Avraham Herzfeld
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1891-06-05 |
| Died | 1973-08-30 |
| wikidata | Q2910619 |
|---|
Avraham Tiar
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1924-01-29 |
| Died | 2011-04-25 |
| wikidata | Q2334848 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s3mv_ |
Benno Cohen
Independent Liberals
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1894-09-30 |
| Died | 1975-11-24 |
| wikidata | Q2900111 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07sbr9h |
Binyamin Shachor
National Religious Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1916-05-28 |
| Died | 1979-11-26 |
| wikidata | Q2902026 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s4g4l |
David Bar-Rav-Hai
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1894-07-11 |
| Died | 1977-07-15 |
| wikidata | Q2902983 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/063yhlh |
David Petel
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1921-09-06 |
| wikidata | Q2919651 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s9z98 |
Devorah Netzer
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1897-05-01 |
| Died | 1989-01-04 |
| wikidata | Q2776248 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06w8yxp |
| viaf | 6262154076043111860007 |
| lcauth | no2018144967 |
Eliyahu Meridor
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1914-07-20 |
| Died | 1966-10-16 |
| wikidata | Q2334778 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s9hpx |
Esther Raziel-Naor
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1911-11-29 |
| Died | 2002-11-11 |
| wikidata | Q2902297 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03h2vr4 |
Fridja Zo-Aretz
National Religious Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1907-12-07 |
| Died | 1993-04-30 |
| wikidata | Q2902140 |
|---|
Haim Cohen-Meguri
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1913-04-01 |
| Died | 2000-06-10 |
| wikidata | Q2335185 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/064lmvg |
Halil-Salim Jabara
Ahdut Ha`avoda - Poalei Zion (from 1964-05-11)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1913 |
| Died | 1999 |
| wikidata | Q2900683 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07sb2bg |
Hanan Rubin
United Workers` Party (until 1962-10-24)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908-08-10 |
| Died | 1962-10-24 |
| wikidata | Q2901411 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06wbp8b |
Hannah Lamdan
Rafi (from 1962-08-23)
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905-01-05 |
| Died | 1995-04-10 |
| wikidata | Q2905464 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06w4rt7 |
Israel Guri
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1893-10-15 |
| Died | 1965-09-17 |
| wikidata | Q2072615 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06zld0c |
Itzhak Golan
Independent Liberals
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912-08-27 |
| Died | 1991-10-14 |
| wikidata | Q2900931 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s93t9 |
Jenia Tversky
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael (1963-11-24 to 1964-04-09)
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904-08-16 |
| Died | 1964-04-09 |
| wikidata | Q1530257 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06zp5tv |
Joseph Kremerman
Herut-Liberal Bloc (from 1964-08-20)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926-01-10 |
| Died | 1981-11-12 |
| wikidata | Q2334763 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s7_jz |
Menahem Cohen
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1922-07-05 |
| Died | 1975-03-11 |
| wikidata | Q2902115 |
|---|
Michael Chasani
National Religious Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1913-06-27 |
| Died | 1975-07-02 |
| wikidata | Q2046022 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04lg7b0 |
| isni | 0000 0000 7096 3532 |
Mordechai Bibi
Ahdut Ha`avoda - Poalei Zion
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1922-07-01 |
| wikidata | Q2900177 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07scmt4 |
Moshe Kelmer
National Religious Party (from 1963-04-02)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1901-11-01 |
| Died | 1970-09-11 |
| wikidata | Q2900595 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06wbhcc |
Moshe Sardines
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1917-06-21 |
| Died | 1984-03-24 |
| wikidata | Q2903207 |
|---|
Nahum Levin
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905-06-08 |
| Died | 1967-06-08 |
| wikidata | Q2334704 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07k769x |
Rachel Tsabari
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1909-07-27 |
| Died | 1995-02-16 |
| wikidata | Q2902381 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/076zn7x |
Shabtai Shichman
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1915-09-10 |
| Died | 1987-01-09 |
| wikidata | Q2900279 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s5nm1 |
Shalom-Avraham Shaki
National Religious Party (from 1962-11-08)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906 |
| Died | 1990-11-04 |
| wikidata | Q2900565 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07s3f_w |
Shlomo Perlstein
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1902-09-02 |
| Died | 1979-04-19 |
| wikidata | Q2334801 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/076wt91 |
Shlomo-Israel Ben-Meir
National Religious Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910-08-13 |
| Died | 1971-04-04 |
| wikidata | Q2906644 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/076tc0w |
Tova Sanhadray
National Religious Party
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906-09-23 |
| Died | 1993-08-31 |
| wikidata | Q2902043 |
|---|
Victor Shem-Tov
United Workers` Party
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1915-02-01 |
| Died | 2014-03-08 |
| wikidata | Q2891007 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/04jnpvc |
Yaakov Katz
Poalei Agudat Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906-12-28 |
| Died | 1967-12-21 |
| wikidata | Q2910022 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07kcs52 |
Yizhar Harari
Independent Liberals
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908-07-16 |
| Died | 1978-02-01 |
| wikidata | Q2906342 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03ntdpf |
Yona Kesse
Single MK - Yona Kesse
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1907 |
| Died | 1985-06-27 |
| wikidata | Q2901728 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/06_wgl3 |
Yosef Fischer
Worker’s Party of Eretz Yisrael
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920-02-11 |
| Died | 1992-12-14 |
| wikidata | Q2902073 |
|---|
Yosef Kushnir
United Workers` Party (from 1962-10-24)
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1900-11-15 |
| Died | 1983-01-06 |
| wikidata | Q2900661 |
|---|
Yosef Serlin
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906-02-24 |
| Died | 1974-01-15 |
| wikidata | Q2613074 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/03nsy3v |
Yosef Shofman
Herut-Liberal Bloc
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Born | 1903-06-12 |
| Died | 1978-09-10 |
| wikidata | Q2900328 |
|---|---|
| freebase | /m/07kc1qr |
Ruby programmer? It’s easy to use this data in your own app! Use the gem like this:
require 'everypolitician'
country = Everypolitician::Index.new.country('Israel')
house = country.legislature('Knesset')
house.popolo.terms.find_by(id: 'term/5').memberships.each do |membership|
puts "#{membership.person.name} (#{membership.party.name}): #{membership.person.gender}"
end
Main Sources: http://www.knesset.gov.il, http://wikidata.org/, https://twitter.com/PolitwoopsIL/lists/mp, http://gender-balance.org/
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