Mordechai Bibi | |
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 Bibi in 1969 | |
| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1959–1965 | Ahdut HaAvoda |
| 1965–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1974 | Alignment |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1922-07-01)1 July 1922 |
| Died | 5 February 2023(2023-02-05) (aged 100) |
Mordechai Bibi (Hebrew:מרדכי ביבי; 1 July 1922 – 5 February 2023) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of theKnesset forAhdut HaAvoda and its successors between 1959 and 1974.
Born inBaghdad inIraq, Bibi was one of the founders of the PioneeringZionist Underground movement in Iraq in 1942. Between 1944 and 1945 he directed theAliyah Committee in Iraq on behalf ofMossad LeAliyah Bet. In 1945 Bibi himselfemigrated toMandatory Palestine and was involved in helping withmass immigration from Iraq between 1949 and 1950. He also studied law atTel Aviv University and was certified as a lawyer.[1]
From 1953 until 1959 Bibi worked for theMinistry of Defense. A member ofAhdut HaAvoda from 1946, he became a member of the party's central committee and secretariat in 1958. The following year he waselected to the Knesset, and retained his seat in elections in1961,1965 and1969, by which time Ahdut HaAvoda had merged into theAlignment. Between 1969 and 1974 he served as a DeputySpeaker. Bibi didn't seek re-election in1973 and left the Knesset the following year.[1][2]
During the 1980s he published two books,From the Four Corners of the Rivers (1983) andThe Pioneering Zionist Underground in Iraq (1988). Bibi died on 5 February 2023 aged 100.[1]
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