Date of birth 15 February 1923 1969 Free Centre Place of birth Alexandria, Egypt Name Shlomo Cohen-Tzidon | Year of aliyah 1949 Role Politician 1966-1969 Gahal Died February 16, 2012 | |
Date of death 16 February 2012(2012-02-16) (aged 89) Knessets Israeli legislative election, 1965 | ||
Shlomo Cohen-Tzidon (Hebrew: שלמה כהן-צידון, 15 February 1923 - 16 February 2012) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Gahal and the Free Centre between 1966 and 1969.
Biography
Born in Alexandria in Egypt, Cohen-Tzidon attended the Upper Trade school in his home city, and was an activist in the Egyptian branch of the Zionist movement. In 1949 he made aliyah to Israel, where he studied School for Jurisprudence and Economics in Tel Aviv, and was certified as a lawyer.
An activist amongst Mizrahi Jews, he published a magazine entitled HaMizrah HaHadash. A one-time member of Mapai, in 1961 he was amongst the founders of the Liberal Party. He was on the Gahal list (an alliance of the Liberal Party and Herut) for the 1965 elections, and although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 16 October 1966 as a replacement for the deceased Eliyahu Meridor. On 11 February 1969 he left Gahal, and after trying to establish his own single-member faction named the Popular Faction, joined the Free Centre, which had left Gahal in 1967. He lost his seat in the October 1969 elections when the party was reduced from four to two seats.