Saleh Saad Explained

Birth Date:20 July 1963
Birth Place:Beit Jann, Israel
Suboffice1:Zionist Union
Subterm1:2017–2019
Suboffice2:Labor Party
Subterm2:2019

Saleh Saad (Arabic: صالح سعد, Hebrew: סאלח סעד; born 20 July 1963) is an Druze-Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Zionist Union and Labor Party between 2017 and 2019.

Biography

Saad was born in Beit Jann, and served in the Israeli security forces as a combatant for twelve years. He became a director of the Galilee Local Council Workers Division, and was also chairman of the Galilee branch of the Histadrut.[1] A member of the Labor Party, he was placed 25th on the party's list for the 2013 Knesset elections,[2] However, he failed to win a seat.

Prior to the 2015 Knesset elections, Saad was given the 26th place on the list of the Zionist Union (an alliance of Labor and Hatnuah),[3] a spot reserved for a Druze candidate.[1] Although the alliance won only 24 seats, Saad entered the Knesset on 3 October 2017 as a replacement for Manuel Trajtenberg,[4] who had retired from politics.[5] He was placed seventeenth on the Labor list for the April 2019 elections, but the party won only six seats.

Notes and References

  1. https://knesset.gov.il/spokesman/eng/PR_eng.asp?PRID=13581 MK Trajtenberg resigns from the Knesset
  2. https://en.idi.org.il/media/7160/labor-party-candidates2013.pdf The Labor Party Candidates for the 19th Knesset
  3. http://www.bechirot20.gov.il/election/Candidates/Pages/OneListCandidates.aspx?LPF=Search&WebId=6adadc15-e476-480b-9746-04490aedeb0f&ListID=ba72a662-765c-45af-9d48-fb68080956af&ItemID=8&FieldID=ListNickname_GxS_Text Zionist Union list
  4. https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/MKIndex_Current_eng.asp?view=5 Replacements Among Knesset Members
  5. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Top-Israeli-economist-quitting-politics-506252 Top Israeli economist quitting politics