Moshe Wertman | |
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| Faction represented in theKnesset | |
| 1966–1968 | Alignment |
| 1968–1969 | Labor Party |
| 1969–1977 | Alignment |
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| Born | (1924-02-20)20 February 1924 |
| Died | 2 October 2011(2011-10-02) (aged 87) |
Moshe Wertman (Hebrew:משה ורטמן; 20 February 1924 – 2 October 2011) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of theKnesset for theAlignment andLabor Party between 1966 and 1977.
Born inTomaszów Lubelski inPoland, Wertman joinedHashomer Hatzair in 1936, and was also a member of theDror youth movement andPoalei Zion. In 1939 he moved toLviv, before moving again toTajikistan the following year, where he lived until 1946, when he returned to Poland.
In 1947 heemigrated toMandatory Palestine, where he joined theHaganah. In April 1948 he was injured during the battle for theWestern Galilee. In the same year he joinedMapai, and served as secretary for the trade unions inHaifa Workers Council between 1949 and 1955, when he became Director of the branches department, a role he held until 1959. Between 1959 and 1969 he served as a member of the workers council's secretariat. In 1964 he became secretary of Mapai's Haifa district branch, and was on the Alignment list (an alliance of Mapai andAhdut HaAvoda) for theKnesset elections the following year. Although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 17 January 1966 as a replacement forMoshe Carmel,[1] who had given up his seat after being appointed Minister of Transport. He was re-elected in1969 and1973, but lost his seat in the1977 election. During his time in the Knesset he served as chairman of the Alignment faction and chaired the governing coalition's directorate.
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