Ahmed Dabbah | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2012–2013 | Kadima |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 January 1955 |
Ahmed Dabbah ( Arabic: احْمَد ذَبّاح, Hebrew: אחמד דבאח; born 27 January 1955) is an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2012 and 2013, the party's first non- Druze Arab MK. [1] He also served as mayor of Deir al-Asad and the now-dissolved city of Shaghur. [1]
Dabbah started his career as a primary school teacher, before becoming the owner and CEO of "Saleh Dabbah and Sons", a business conglomerate including supermarkets and a slaughterhouse, [1] as well as establishing the Dabbah shopping mall in Deir al-Asad. He has nine children. [1]
In 1992 he joined Likud, but transferred to Kadima after it was founded in 2005, [1] becoming one of its leading activists. [2] Although he was given a high placing by Ariel Sharon on the party's original list for the 2006 Knesset elections, [1] he was ultimately placed only 51st on the final list, [3] and failed to win a seat as the party won only 29. He was placed 36th on the party's list for the 2009 elections, [4] but again failed to win a seat as the party won only 28 seats.
Dabbah has been the mayor of Deir-el-Asad, as well as the head of the Shagur Local Council. As mayor of Deir-el-Asad, Dabbah helped Shaul Mofaz gain votes among the Arab-Israeli public, [5] who was running to replace Tzipi Livni as leader of Kadima. Dabbah helped bring 1,121 votes from his town of Deir-el-Asad for Shaul Mofaz, which totals more votes than both Mofaz's and Livni's combined votes from Tel Aviv, which numbered 1,112. Dabbah has said that he is a public figure that the public trusts, and objects to being called a "vote contractor." [6]
Dabbah was sworn into the Knesset on 16 August 2012 as a replacement for Avi Dichter, [7] [8] who had resigned his seat on 14 August after leaving the party in order to join the Netanyahu government as an independent. [2] This took the number of Arab members of the Knesset to 17, a record. [1]
Placed ninth on the Kadima list for the 2013 elections, [9] he lost his seat as the party were reduced to two MKs.
Ahmed Dabbah | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2012–2013 | Kadima |
Personal details | |
Born | 27 January 1955 |
Ahmed Dabbah ( Arabic: احْمَد ذَبّاح, Hebrew: אחמד דבאח; born 27 January 1955) is an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Kadima between 2012 and 2013, the party's first non- Druze Arab MK. [1] He also served as mayor of Deir al-Asad and the now-dissolved city of Shaghur. [1]
Dabbah started his career as a primary school teacher, before becoming the owner and CEO of "Saleh Dabbah and Sons", a business conglomerate including supermarkets and a slaughterhouse, [1] as well as establishing the Dabbah shopping mall in Deir al-Asad. He has nine children. [1]
In 1992 he joined Likud, but transferred to Kadima after it was founded in 2005, [1] becoming one of its leading activists. [2] Although he was given a high placing by Ariel Sharon on the party's original list for the 2006 Knesset elections, [1] he was ultimately placed only 51st on the final list, [3] and failed to win a seat as the party won only 29. He was placed 36th on the party's list for the 2009 elections, [4] but again failed to win a seat as the party won only 28 seats.
Dabbah has been the mayor of Deir-el-Asad, as well as the head of the Shagur Local Council. As mayor of Deir-el-Asad, Dabbah helped Shaul Mofaz gain votes among the Arab-Israeli public, [5] who was running to replace Tzipi Livni as leader of Kadima. Dabbah helped bring 1,121 votes from his town of Deir-el-Asad for Shaul Mofaz, which totals more votes than both Mofaz's and Livni's combined votes from Tel Aviv, which numbered 1,112. Dabbah has said that he is a public figure that the public trusts, and objects to being called a "vote contractor." [6]
Dabbah was sworn into the Knesset on 16 August 2012 as a replacement for Avi Dichter, [7] [8] who had resigned his seat on 14 August after leaving the party in order to join the Netanyahu government as an independent. [2] This took the number of Arab members of the Knesset to 17, a record. [1]
Placed ninth on the Kadima list for the 2013 elections, [9] he lost his seat as the party were reduced to two MKs.