Shaul Amor ( he, שאול עמור, 21 December 1940 – 2 October 2004) was an Israeli politician who served as a
Minister without Portfolio
A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet ...
between January and July 1999.
Biography
Born in
Boujad
Bouja'd (Moroccan Arabic: , Tamazight: pronunciation: ''Bjaɛd'') is a small city in Khouribga Province , Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco.
Postal Code : 25060.
The city is a suffi spiritual town between the Arabized zone of steps and Berber spe ...
,
Morocco
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in 1940, Amor made
aliyah
Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the State of Israel. Traditionally descri ...
in 1956. He studied at the Social Work institute in
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
, and served as mayor of
Migdal HaEmek
Migdal HaEmek ( he, מִגְדַּל הָעֶמֶק, lit. ''Tower of the Valley'', also officially spelt Migdal HaEmeq, ar, مجدال هعيمق) is a city in the Northern District of Israel.
In it had a population of . There is a tower to ...
.
Shaul Amor: Public Activities
Knesset website
In 1988 he was elected to 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 (wit ...
on the Likud
Likud ( he, הַלִּיכּוּד, HaLikud, The Consolidation), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major centre-right to right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel S ...
list. He was re-elected in 1992 and 1996, and on 20 January 1999 was made a Minister without Portfolio. However, he lost his seat in the May 1999 elections, after which he also lost his ministerial position.
Amor was appointed Israel's ambassador to Belgium, from 1999 until 2003,
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1940 births
2004 deaths
Government ministers of Israel
Jewish Israeli politicians
Likud politicians
Mayors of places in Israel
Members of the 12th Knesset (1988–1992)
Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)
Members of the 14th Knesset (1996–1999)
Moroccan emigrants to Israel
20th-century Moroccan Jews
People from Boujad
Ambassadors of Israel to Belgium
Candidates for President of Israel