Jump to content

Hanna Mwais

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 2a01:e34:ec1c:1260:3879:37fc:591:85c0 (talk) at 11:20, 23 September 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Template:Infobox member of the Knesset

Hanna Mwais (Arabic: حنا مويس, Template:Lang-he-n; born 1913, died 13 February 1981) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash between 1977 and his death in 1981.

Biography

Born in Rameh during the Ottoman era, Mwais was educated at a high school in Acre and the Scottish School in Nazareth. In 1956 he became a member of Rameh's local council, and in 1959 became head of the council. He also served as chairman of the National Committee for Arab Local Governments for a time.

In 1977 he was elected to the Knesset on the Hadash list, and was a member of the Economic Affairs Committee and the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee.

He died on 13 February 1981, with his seat taken by Avraham Levenbraun.[1]

References