Yehezkel Hen ( he, יחזקאל הן, born 1882, died 4 April 1952) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai between 1951 and 1952.

Biography

Born in Boryslav in Austria-Hungary (today in Ukraine), Hen received a religious education, before studying at a Teachers' Seminary in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. He taught Hebrew in Jewish schools until they were shut down by the Yevsektsiya. 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 1925, where he worked as a teacher and a supervisor for 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 ...

's educational institutions. He also taught at the Levinsky Teachers Seminary in Tel Aviv. Between 1944 and 1948 he was a member of the Assembly of Representatives for Mapai, 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 Rachel Tzabari ( he, רחל צברי, 27 July 1909 – 16 February 1995) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors between 1952 and 1969. Biography Born in Tel Aviv during the Ottoman Empire ...

.Knesset Members in the Second Knesset
Knesset website

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hen, Yehezkel 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