Shimon Bejarano ( he, שמעון בז'רנו, 28 September 1910 – 17 October 1971) was an Israeli industrialist and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1959.

Biography

Born in

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

in Bulgaria, Bejarano was educated at the Fraunfeld gymnasium in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

before studying economics at the University of Milan. 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 in 1936. Together with his three brothers he established the Bejarno Bros cigarette factory and Assis Citrus juices and canned fruit plant.Shimon Bejarno: Public Activities
Knesset A member of

Bank Leumi Bank Leumi ( he, בנק לאומי, lit. ''National Bank''; ar, بنك لئومي) is an Israeli bank. It was founded on February 27, 1902, in Jaffa as the ''Anglo Palestine Company'' as subsidiary of the Jewish Colonial Trust (Jüdische Kolonia ...

's Board of directors, he was also a member of the advisory board of the

Bank of Israel The Bank of Israel ( he, בנק ישראל, ar, بنك إسرائيل) is the central bank of Israel. The bank's headquarters is located in Kiryat HaMemshala in Jerusalem with a branch office in Tel Aviv. The current governor is Amir Yaron. T ...

. Bejarano was a member of the General Zionists and was elected to the Knesset after being placed eighth on the party's list for the 1951 elections.General Zionists list
Israel Democracy Institute He was re-elected in

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

, but did not stand for re-election in the 1959 elections following the early death of his brothers Joseph and Moshe. He died in 1971 at the age of 61.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bejarno, Shimon 1910 births 1971 deaths Bulgarian Jews in Israel Bulgarian Sephardi Jews Bulgarian Zionists University of Milan alumni Bulgarian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Israeli businesspeople General Zionists politicians Israeli Sephardi Jews Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Members of the 3rd Knesset (1955–1959)