David Bitan

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David Bitan
Date of birth (1960-04-08) 8 April 1960 (age 55)
Place of birth Morocco
Year of aliyah 1965
Knessets 20
Faction represented in Knesset
2015– Likud

David Bitan (Hebrew: דוד ביטן‎, born 8 April 1960) is an Israeli lawyer and politician.

Biography[edit]

Bitan was born in Morocco and moved to Israel at the age of five. During his national service in the Israeli Defense Forces he served as a medic. He later attended Tel Aviv University, where he studied law, graduating in 1987. He later opened his own law firm.

A member of Likud, he became a member of Rishon LeZion City Council in 1988 after becoming head of the party's Rishon LeZion branch. He went on to become Deputy Mayor of the city.[1]

He was placed 21st on the Likud list for the 2013 Knesset elections, but was moved down to 35th place after Likud agreed to run a joint list with Yisrael Beiteinu. With the alliance winning 31 seats, Bitan did not become a Knesset member. Prior to the 2015 elections he was placed 16th on the Likud list,[2] taking the place reserved for the coastal plain.[3] He was elected to the Knesset as Likud won 30 seats.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Likud ministers being pressured to quit Knesset The Jerusalem Post, 11 August 2014
  2. ^ Likud list Central Elections Committee
  3. ^ Erdan, Edelstein, Regev fly high on new Likud list The Times of Israel, 2 January 2015
  4. ^ Final Unofficial* results of the Elections for the Twentieth Knesset Central Elections Committee

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