Shaul Amor (; 21 December 1940 – 2 October 2004) was an Israeli politician who served as a
Minister without Portfolio
A minister without portfolio is a government minister without specific responsibility as head of a government department. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authorit ...
between January and July 1999.
Biography
Born in
Boujad,
Morocco
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in 1940, Amor
emigrated to Israel in 1956. He studied at the Social Work institute in
Haifa
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, and served as mayor of
Migdal HaEmek.
Shaul Amor: Public Activities
Knesset
In 1988 he was elected to the Knesset
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The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...
on the Likud
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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
Ministers without Portfolio of Israel