Shafik Assad ( ar, شفيق اسعد, he, שפיק אסעד, 10 April 1937 – 6 June 2004) was an Israeli-Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the

Democratic Movement for Change The Democratic Movement for Change (, ''Tnu'a Demokratit LeShinui''), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Dash (), was a short-lived and initially highly successful centrist political party in Israel. Formed in 1976 by numerous well-known non-pol ...

, the

Democratic Movement A democracy is a political system, or a system of decision-making within an institution or organization or a country, in which all members have an equal share of power. Modern democracies are characterized by two capabilities that differentiate ...

, Ahva and

Telem Telem can be any of the following: *In the Hebrew Bible: **a porter of the temple in the time of Ezra (10:24). **a town in the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:24); probably the same as Telaim. * Telem (1981 political party), a former political p ...

between 1977 and 1981.

Biography

Born in

Beit Jann Beit Jann ( ar, بيت جن; he, בֵּיתּ גַ'ן) is a Druze village on Mount Meron in northern Israel. At 940 meters above sea level, Beit Jann is one of the highest inhabited locations in the country. In it had a population of . Etymol ...

during the Mandate era, Assad attended high school in

Rameh Rameh ( ar, الرامة; he, רָמָה; alternatively spelled ar-Rame or ar-Rama) is an Arab town in the Northern District of Israel. Located east of Nahf and Karmiel, in it had a population of . Over half of the inhabitants are Christians, ...

. He served as secretary of the

Histadrut Histadrut, or the General Organization of Workers in Israel, originally ( he, ההסתדרות הכללית של העובדים בארץ ישראל, ''HaHistadrut HaKlalit shel HaOvdim B'Eretz Yisrael''), is Israel's national trade union center ...

trade union in his hometown between 1961 and 1967, and headed the town's local council from 1969 until 1976. He joined the new Democratic Movement for Change (Dash) party in the mid-1970s, and was elected to the Knesset on its list in

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

. On 14 September 1978 Assad was one of seven MKs to form the Democratic Movement after Dash split up.Mergers and Splits Among Parliamentary Groups
Knesset website On 8 July 1980 he and

Shlomo Eliyahu Shlomo Eliahu ( he, שלמה אליהו, born 18 January 1936) is an Israeli businessman, billionaire, and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1978 and 1981. Biography Born in Baghdad in 1936, Eliahu made aliyah to Isr ...

left the Democratic Movement to establish the Ahva faction. On 15 June 1981 he moved parties again, this time joining Telem, but lost his seat in the 30 June 1981 elections. He died in 2004 at the age of 67.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Assad, Shafik 1937 births 2004 deaths Ahva (political party) politicians Arab people in Mandatory Palestine Democratic Movement (Israel) politicians Democratic Movement for Change politicians Druze members of the Knesset Israeli Druze Israeli trade unionists Mayors of local councils in Israel Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981) People from Beit Jann Road incident deaths in Israel