Yehezkel Hen ( he, יחזקאל הן, born 1882, died 4 April 1952) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the
Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...
for
Mapai
Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...
between 1951 and 1952.
Biography
Born in
Boryslav
Boryslav ( uk, Борислав; pl, Borysław) is a city located on the Tysmenytsia (a tributary of the Dniester), in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Boryslav urban hromada, one of th ...
in
Austria-Hungary
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(today in
Ukraine
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), Hen received a religious education, before studying at a Teachers' Seminary in
Kiev. He taught Hebrew in Jewish schools until they were shut down by the
Yevsektsiya
A Yevsektsiya ( rus, евсекция, p=jɪfˈsʲektsɨjə; yi, יעווסעקציע) was a Jewish section of the Soviet Communist Party. These sections were established in fall of 1918 with consent of Vladimir Lenin to carry communist revolut ...
. He made
aliyah to
Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
in 1925, where he worked as a teacher and a supervisor for the
Histadrut's educational institutions. He also taught at the Levinsky Teachers Seminary in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
.
Between 1944 and 1948 he was a member of the
Assembly of Representatives for
Mapai
Mapai ( he, מַפָּא"י, an acronym for , ''Mifleget Poalei Eretz Yisrael'', lit. "Workers' Party of the Land of Israel") was a democratic socialist political party in Israel, and was the dominant force in Israeli politics until its merger in ...
, and in
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the United ...
he was elected to the Knesset on the Mapai list. However, he died on 4 April the following year whilst still an MK. His seat was taken by
Rachel Tzabari.
Knesset Members in the Second Knesset
Knesset website
References
External links
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1882 births
1952 deaths
People from Boryslav
Ukrainian Jews
Polish emigrants to Israel
Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Mapai politicians
Members of the Assembly of Representatives (Mandatory Palestine)
Israeli educators
Members of the 2nd Knesset (1951–1955)
Burials at Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery