Zalman Suzayiv was an Israel

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i businessman and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists

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 between 1951 and 1959.

Biography

Born in Riga

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 in the Russian Empire

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 (today in Latvia

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), Suzayiv studied at the University of Riga, where he was one of the leaders of the Hasmonean Union.

In 1935 he made aliyah

Aliyah

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 to Mandate Palestine, where he worked in the wholesale import business. Between 1949 and 1950 he was president of Israel Association of Importers and Wholesalers, and from 1950 until 1952 was president of the Tel Aviv

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 Chamber of Commerce.

A member of the General Zionists' directorate, he was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1951

Israeli legislative election, 1951

Elections for the second Knesset were held in Israel on 30 July 1951. Voter turnout was 75.1%.-Results:¹ Rostam Bastuni, Avraham Berman and Moshe Sneh left Mapam and set up the Left Faction. Bastuni later returned to Mapam whilst Berman and Sneh joined Maki. Hannah Lamdan and David Livschitz left...

. On 15 June 1953 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry

Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel

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, a role he remained in until 29 June 1955. He was re-elected in July 1955

Israeli legislative election, 1955

Elections for the third Knesset were held in Israel on 26 July 1955. Voter turnout was 82.8%.-Results:Mapai retained its plurality in the Knesset, although its share of the vote dropped by 5.1 and its share of seats dropped from 47 to 40...

, but lost his seat in the 1959 elections

Israeli legislative election, 1959

Elections for the fourth Knesset were held in Israel on 3 November 1959. Voter turnout was 81.5%.-Results:¹ The General Zionists and the Progressive Party merged to form the Liberal Party....

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Between 1965 and 1969 he served as president of the Industrialists Association, and in 1969 became chairman of Public Council for War Bonds. He died in 1981 at the age of 70.

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