Mohamed Nafa

Mohamed Nafa
محمد نفاع
Faction represented in the Knesset
1990–1992Hadash
Personal details
Born(1939-05-15)15 May 1939
Died15 July 2021(2021-07-15) (aged 82)

Mohamed Nafa (Arabic: محمد نفاع, Hebrew: מוחמד נפאע; 15 May 1939 – 15 July 2021) was an Israeli Druze politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash from 1990 until 1992.

Biography

Born in Beit Jann during the Mandate era, Nafa attended a high school in Rameh. He went on to study Hebrew and Arabic literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]

In 1965 he joined the youth movement of the Communist Party of Israel, the Young Communist League of Israel. In 1965 he became secretary-general of the Union of Communist Youth. He was on the Hadash list (an alliance of Maki and other left-wing groups) for the 1988 Knesset elections, but failed to win a seat. However, he entered the Knesset on 14 February 1990 as a replacement for the long-serving Tawfiq Ziad.[2] He lost his seat in the 1992 elections. He served as Maki's secretary-general from 1993 until 2002, and again since 2007.

Nafa died on 15 July 2021 at the age of 82.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Mohamed Nafa". The Knesset (in Hebrew).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Knesset Members in the Twelfth Knesset Knesset website
  3. ^ Mohamed Naffa Knesset