Birth Date: | 21 June 1917 |
Birth Place: | Smyrna, Ottoman Empire |
Suboffice1: | Mapai |
Office1: | Faction represented in the Knesset |
Subterm1: | 1959–1965 |
Suboffice2: | Alignment |
Subterm2: | 1965–1968 |
Suboffice3: | Labor Party |
Subterm3: | 1968–1969 |
Suboffice4: | Alignment |
Subterm4: | 1969 |
Moshe Sardines (he|משה סרדינס, 21 June 1917 – 24 March 1984) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai and its successors from 1959 until 1969. He was born in Smyrna in 1917, and made aliyah to Israel in 1949, where he became a leader of the Moshavim Movement.
Born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire (now İzmir in Turkey), Sardines made aliyah to Israel in 1949. He was amongst the founders of a moshav Geva Carmel, and headed its committee. He was also amongst the leadership of the Moshavim Movement, and managed its purchasing organisation.[1]
A member of Mapai, he was placed 28th on the party's list for the 1959 Knesset elections,[2] and was elected as the party won 47 seats. He was re-elected in 1961 in 27th place,[3] and 1965 (in 30th place),[4] by which time Mapai had formed the Labour Alignment alliance. He did not stand in the 1969 elections. During his last term, he served as a Deputy Speaker.
Sardines died in 1984 at the age of 66.