Shimon Bejarno
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| Shimon Bejarno | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 September 1910 |
| Place of birth | Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
| Year of aliyah | 1936 |
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Knessets | 2, 3 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1951–1959 | General Zionists |
Shimon Bejarno (Hebrew: שמעון בז'רנו, 28 September 1910 – 17 October 1971) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists between 1951 and 1959.
Biography
Born in Plovdiv in Bulgaria, Bejarno was educated at a gymnasium in Switzerland before studying economics at the University of Milan. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1936. Together with his brother, he established the Bejarno Brothers cigarette factory. A member of Bank Leumi's directorate, he was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Bank of Israel
A member of the General Zionists, he was elected to the Knesset on the party's list in 1951. He was re-elected in 1955, but lost his seat in the 1959 elections.
He died in 1971 at the age of 61.
External links
- Shimon Bejarno on the Knesset website
