Adisu Massala ( he, אדיסו מאסלה, am, አዲሱ መሰለ ''Addīsū Messele'', born 16 June 1961) is an Israeli politician.

Biography

Adisu Masala was born in Gondar province,

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. He made

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from Jewish diaspora, the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the Israel, State of Israel ...

in 1980 after crossing the Ethiopia–Sudan border and boarding a plane bound for Israel. He studied social work and mechanical engineering at Bar-Ilan University, gaining a BA and went on to work as a social worker. He also became chairman of the United Ethiopian Jewish Organisation.

Political career

Masala was elected to the Knesset in the

1996 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1996. * 1995–1996 Azerbaijani parliamentary election * 1996 Beninese presidential election * 1996 Comorian presidential election * 1996 New Zealand general election * 1996 Nicaraguan general electio ...

on the Labor Party list. However, he was one of three MKs to break away from the party to form One Nation, led by Amir Peretz. Adisu was placed fourth on the party's list for the

1999 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1999. * 1999 electoral calendar Africa * 1999 Algerian presidential election * 1999 Botswana general election * 1999 Beninese parliamentary election * 1999 Central African Republic presidential elect ...

, but lost his seat as the party won only two seats. He was placed fourth on the One Nation list again for the 2003 elections, but the party won only three seats.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Massala, Adisu 1961 births Living people Bar-Ilan University alumni Black Jewish members of the Knesset Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Ethiopian Jews Israeli Jews Israeli Labor Party politicians Israeli people of Ethiopian-Jewish descent Jewish Israeli politicians Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999) One Nation (Israel) politicians People from Amhara Region People from Gondar