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List of members of the Knesset who died in office

The following is a list of members of the Knesset who died in office.

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Member Party Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Avraham Taviv Mapai 20 April 1950[1] 60-61
Yehezkel Hen Mapai 4 April 1952 69-70
Eliezer Kaplan Mapai 13 July 1952 61[2]
David-Zvi Pinkas Mizrachi 14 August 1952[3] 56 Heart disease[4]
Eliyahu Hacarmeli Mapai 21 December 1952 61
Avraham Deutsch Agudat Yisrael 25 May 1953 63-64
Yitzhak Yitzhaky Mapam 21 September 1955 52
Haim Ariav General Zionists 18 June 1957 62[5]
Avraham Abaas Ahdut HaAvoda 17 September 1958 45-46
Yosef Sprinzak[6] Mapai 28 January 1959 73
Zalman Ben-Ya'akov Religious Torah Front 2 March 1959 61-62
Shimshon Unichman Herut 21 March 1961 54
Binyamin Mintz PAI 30 May 1961 58
Giora Yoseftal Mapai 23 August 1962 50[7]
Herzl Berger Mapai 29 August 1962 58[8]
Hanan Rubin Mapam 24 October 1962 54[9]
Mordechai Nurock Mafdal 9 November 1962 74 Heart disease[10]
Aharon-Ya'akov Greenberg Mafdal 2 April 1963 63
Ami Assaf Mapai 17 May 1963[11] 61 Heart attack[12]
Meir Argov Mapai 24 November 1963 57 Heart attack[13]
Jenia Tversky Mapai 9 April 1964 59
Avraham Drori Herut 20 August 1964 45[14]
Yisrael Bar-Yehuda Ahdut HaAvoda 4 May 1965 69
Moshe Sharett Mapai 7 July 1965 70 Lung cancer[15]
Eliyahu Meridor Gahal 16 October 1966[16] 52
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit Alignment 28 January 1967[17] 71-72
Ya'akov Katz PAI 21 December 1967 60
Levi Eshkol Labor 26 February 1969 73 Heart attack[18]
Aryeh Ben-Eliezer Gahal 29 January 1970 56
Haim-Moshe Shapira Mafdal 16 July 1970 68[19]
Shlomo-Yisrael Ben-Meir Mafdal 4 April 1971 60
Yitzhak-Meir Levin Agudat Yisrael 7 August 1971[20] 78
Mordechai Ofer Alignment 1 September 1971 47
Yosef Sapir Gahal 26 February 1972 70[21]
Moshe Sneh Maki 1 March 1972[22] 63
Reuven Barkat Alignment 5 April 1972 65
Abd el-Aziz el-Zoubi Alignment 14 February 1974[23] 48
Uzi Feinerman Alignment 8 April 1975 50-51
Michael Hasani Mafdal 2 July 1975 62
Pinchas Sapir Alignment 12 August 1975 68 Heart attack[24]
Zvi Guershoni Alignment 1 September 1976 60-61
Avraham Ofer Alignment 3 January 1977 54-55 Suicide[25]
Yehoshua Rabinovitz Alignment 14 August 1979 67 Heart attack[26]
Yigal Allon Alignment 29 February 1980 61 Heart failure[27]
Hamad Abu Rabia Ra'am 12 January 1981 51-52 Assassinated[28]
Hanna Mwais Hadash 13 February 1981[29] 67-68
Moshe Dayan Telem (1981 political party) 16 October 1981 66 Heart attack, colon cancer[30]
Moshe Harif Alignment 15 January 1982 48 Traffic collision[31]
David Shiffman Likud 18 October 1982 59
Simcha Erlich Likud 19 June 1983[32] 67
Yitzhak Seiger Likud 5 February 1985 48
Michael Reisser Likud 27 October 1988 42 Traffic collision[33]
Yigal Cohen Likud 6 December 1988 59-60
Tawfiq Ziad Hadash 5 July 1994 65 Traffic collision[34]
Mordechai Gur Labor 16 July 1995 65 Suicide[35]
Haim Kaufman Likud 7 August 1995 60
Yitzhak Rabin Labor 4 November 1995 73 Assassinated[36]
Ariel Weinstein Likud 20 July 1996 63 Heart attack[37]
Avraham Stern Mafdal 12 May 1997 61
Zevulun Hammer Mafdal 20 January 1998 61[38]
Rehavam Ze'evi National Union 17 October 2001 75 Assassinated during the Second Intifada[39]
Yehudit Naot Shinui 16 December 2004 60 Throat cancer[40]
Yuri Stern Yisrael Beiteinu 16 January 2007 57 Cancer[41]
Avraham Ravitz UTJ 26 January 2009 57 Heart disease[42]
Ze'ev Boim Kadima 18 March 2011 67 Cancer[43]
Gideon Ezra Kadima 17 May 2012 74 Lung cancer[44]
Uri Orbach Jewish Home 16 February 2015 54 Chronic hematologic disease[45]
Said al-Harumi Ra'am 25 August 2021 49 Heart attack[46]

References

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  1. ^ Knesset Members in the First Knesset Knesset website
  2. ^ "Eliezer Kaplan Dies in Italy; Israel Stunned; Funeral Tomorrow". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 14 July 1952. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  3. ^ David-Zvi Pinkas Knesset
  4. ^ "D.z. Pinkas, Israel Communications Minister, Dies Suddenly". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 15 August 1952. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Haim Ariav, Deputy Speaker of Israel Parliament, Dies in Tel Aviv". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 18 June 1957. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  6. ^ "American Zionist Groups Mourn Death of Sprinzak; Issue Tribute". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 30 January 1959. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Minister Giora Yoseftal Died in Switzerland and His Coffin Arrives to Israel". Israel Film Archive. 1962. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Dr. Herzl Berger, Mapai Leader, Dead; Was Member of Israel Parliament". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 August 1962. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Hanan Rubin, Deputy Speaker of Israel's Parliament, Dies at 54". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 25 October 1962. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Rabbi Mordecai Nurock, Founder of World Mizrachi, Dies at 74". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 9 November 1962. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  11. ^ Ami Assaf: Public Activities Knesset website
  12. ^ "Ami Assaf, Israel's Deputy Minister of Education, Dies at Age of 61". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 May 1963. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Signed, Sealed, Delivered? Meir Argov". The Times of Israel. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Avraham Drori, Leader of Herut, War Hero, Dies in Israel at 45". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 28 August 1964. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Moshe Sharett Dies in Jerusalem; Body Laid in State; Funeral Tomorrow". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  16. ^ "Grapevine: A reunion of army buddies". The Jerusalem Post. 22 November 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Funeral of Knesset Member Bechor Shalom Sheetrit". Israel Film Archive. 1967. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  18. ^ "This Day in Jewish History Levi Eshkol, Unsung Israeli Prime Minister, Dies". Haaretz. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Moshe Haim Shapiro, 68, Dies; Israel's Minister of the Interior". The New York Times. 17 July 1970. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  20. ^ Thousands Pay Last Respects to Rabbi Yitzhak Meir Levin, 77, Agudath Israel Leader Jewish Telegraph Agency, 9 August 1971
  21. ^ "YOSEF SAPIR". The New York Times. 27 February 1972. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  22. ^ Dr. Sneh to be buried in accordance with Jewish religious tradition
  23. ^ Abd-El-Aziz E-Zoubi: Public Activities Knesset website
  24. ^ Whitman, Alden (13 August 1975). "Pinhas Sapir, 68, of Israel, Ex-Cabinet Minister, Dies". The New York Times. p. 36. Retrieved 26 October 2007.
  25. ^ "Suicide, Scandal and Political Chaos". Time. 1977-01-17. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
  26. ^ "Yehoshua Rabinowitz Is Dead in Jerusalem, Ex‐Finance Minister". The New York Times. August 15, 1979. p. D18.
  27. ^ "Yigal Allon Is Dead in Israel at 61; War Hero, High Cabinet Member; 'Fidelity and Devotion' Death Near His Birthplace Period of Study at Oxford". The New York Times. 1980-03-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  28. ^ "Bedouin Knesset Member Assassinated". Center for Israel Education. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  29. ^ Hanna Mwais: Personal Details Knesset
  30. ^ "MOSHE DAYAN, 66, DIES IN ISRAEL; HERO OF WAR, ARCHITECT OF PEACE". The New York Times. 1981-10-17. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  31. ^ "Moshe Harif, Wife and Son Killed in a Traffic Accident". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 18 January 1982. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  32. ^ "Mort de M. Simha Erlich, président du parti libéral et vice-premier ministre la dernière " colombe " du cabinet Begin". Le Monde.fr. 21 June 1983.
  33. ^ Itzik power NRG, 4 February 2005
  34. ^ "Tawfik Ziad, 65, Mayor of Nazareth, Obituary". New York Times. 6 July 1994.
  35. ^ Greenberg, Joel (1995-07-17). "Mordechai Gur Is Dead at 65; Army Chief and Entebbe Planner". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  36. ^ Schmemann, Serge (5 November 1995). "Assassination in Israel; Rabin Slain After Peace Rally in Tel Aviv; Israeli Gunman Held; Says He Acted Alone". The New York Times.
  37. ^ "MK Ariel Weinstein Dies, Member of Finance Committee and Prominent Parliamentarian on Economics". Globes. 22 July 1996. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  38. ^ Schmemann, Serge (21 January 1998). "Zevulun Hammer, 61, Dies; Israel's Education Minister". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  39. ^ Bennet, James (16 October 2001). "Right-Wing Israeli Minister Is Killed". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  40. ^ Web site names celebs who died from smoking The Jerusalem Post, 24 October 2005
  41. ^ "Knesset Member Yuri Stern Dead at 58". Israel National News. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  42. ^ Medzini, Ronen (2009-01-26). "MK Avraham Ravitz dies at 75". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  43. ^ Lis, Jonathan (18 March 2011). "MK Ze'ev Boim dies at 67". Haaretz. Israel. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  44. ^ "MK Gideon Ezra dies at 74". Ynetnews.com. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  45. ^ Ex-Jewish Home minister Uri Orbach dies at 54 Times of Israel, 16 February 2015
  46. ^ Spungin, Tal; Zaig, Gadi (25 August 2021). "Ra'am MK Said al-Harumi dies from heart attack at 49". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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