Place of birth Gilat, Israel 1992–1998 Tzomet | Name Pini Badash Role Israeli Politician | |
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Date of birth (1952-08-29) 29 August 1952 (age 63) Education Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Knessets Israeli legislative election, 1992, Israeli general election, 1996 | ||
Pinhas "Pini" Badash (Hebrew: פנחס "פיני" בדש, born 29 August 1952) is an Israeli politician who has served as mayor of Omer local council since 1990. He was also a member of the Knesset for Tzomet between 1992 and 1998.
Biography
Born in moshav Gilat, Badash studied mechanical engineering at the Negev University, graduating in 1979. He finished a master's degree in administration in 2001.
A member of the Tzomet secretariat and chairman of its finance committee, Badash became head of Omer local council in 1990. He was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1992. Chairman of the Israel-China Parliamentary Friendship League, he was re-elected in 1996, but resigned his seat on 30 November 1998 after a new law was passed preventing Knesset members from simultaneously acting as mayors or council heads, and was replaced by Doron Shmueli.
Badash remains head of Omer local council, and has also served as a member of the Authority for Developing the Negev and chairman of the Local Authority Committee for Developing the Negev and the Negev Lobby.