Shabtai Shikhman (; 10 September 1915 – 9 January 1987) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Herut and Gahal between 1959 and 1965.

Biography

Born in an area that became Poland, Shikhman joined the

Betar The Betar Movement ( he, תנועת בית"ר), also spelled Beitar (), is a Revisionist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia, by Vladimir (Ze'ev) Jabotinsky. Chapters sprang up across Europe, even during World War II. After t ...

youth movement, and was commander of the branch in his home town. He joined the local branch of Hatzohar, and served as the local branch's deputy chairman. In 1935 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 Mandatory Palestine, where he served as secretary of HaOved HaLeumi until 1941. In 1949 he founded the Sela housing company and worked as its general manager. In

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he was elected to the Knesset on the Herut list. He was re-elected in

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, but lost his seat in the 1965 elections, shortly before which Herut had formed the Gahal alliance. He died in 1987 at the age of 71.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shikhman, Shabtai 1915 births 1987 deaths Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Israeli businesspeople Betar members Hatzohar politicians Herut politicians Gahal politicians Members of the 4th Knesset (1959–1961) Members of the 5th Knesset (1961–1965)