Shevah Weiss
| Shevah Weiss | |
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 Weiss in May, 2008 | |
| Chairman of the Knesset | |
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In office 1992–2003 | |
| Israeli Ambassador to Poland | |
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In office 2001–2003 | |
| Succeeded by | David Peleg |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Szeivah Weiss July 5, 1935 Borysław, Poland |
| Political party | Israeli Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ester Weiss |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Warsaw |
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| Shevah Weiss | |
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| Date of birth | 5 July 1935 |
| Place of birth | Borysław, Poland |
| Year of aliyah | 1947 |
| Knessets | 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
| Faction represented in Knesset | |
| 1981–1991 | Alignment |
| 1991–1999 | Labor Party |
| Other roles | |
| 1992–1996 | Speaker of the Knesset |
| 2001–2003 | Ambassador to Poland |
Shevah Weiss (Hebrew: שבח וייס, Polish: Szewach Weiss, born 5 July 1935), is an Israeli political scientist and former politician.
Biography
Weiss was born in Borysław, Poland (since 1945 Boryslav, Ukraine) into a Polish Jewish family to Gienia and Meir Wolf Weiss. He was rescued by Ukrainians and Poles during the German occupation of Poland. As a Holocaust survivor, he migrated to Palestine in 1947. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a BA in International Relations in 1961, before doing an MA in political Science and contemporary Jewish studies and then a PhD. In 1975 he became a professor at the University of Haifa.
He served as a member of the board of the Haifa municipality between 1969 and 1981, when he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Alignment. Between 1988 and 1992, he served as a Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, and between 1992 and 1996 as Speaker. He lost his seat in the 1999 elections.
In 2000 he became a president of the Yad Vashem Council. From 2001 to 2003, he served as an Israeli ambassador in Poland. On 4 January 2004, for his contribution to the cooperation between Poland and Israel, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski awarded him with the Grand Cross (1st class) of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
From 2011, Weiss publish essays for Polish weekly newsmagazine Uważam Rze.
Weiss speaks Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, Russian and English.
See also
References
External links
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