Asher Hassin ( he, אשר חסין, 7 July 1918 – 27 March 1995) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors between 1959 and 1969.

Biography

Born in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

in Morocco, Hassin attended a teachers seminary and worked as a Hebrew teacher, chairing the country's Hebrew Teachers Association and the Casablanca Hebrew Club. He was also amongst the leadership of the Zionist Federation of Morocco and edited the HaAviv newspaper. In 1948 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 ...

to Israel. He joined Mapai, and was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

, and was re-elected in

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

and

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

. He lost his seat in the 1969 elections. He died in 1995 at the age of 76.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassin, Asher 1918 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Moroccan Jews People from Casablanca Moroccan educators Moroccan emigrants to Israel Alignment (Israel) politicians Mapai politicians Israeli Labor Party politicians Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965) Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969)