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Avraham Rakanti

Avraham Rakanti

Greek-Israeli politician and journalist


Avraham Shmuel Rakanti (Hebrew: אברהם שמואל רקנאטי, 1888 – 3 March 1980) was a Greek-Israeli politician and journalist. In Greece he served as deputy mayor of Thessaloniki between 1925 and 1933, whilst in Israel he was a member of the Knesset for Herut between 1949 and 1951.

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Biography

Born in Salonica in the Ottoman Empire, Rakanti studied in a heder. He became a member of the Mizrachi association, and in 1925 he joined the Revisionist Zionism movement, becoming head of the Greek branch. In the same year he became deputy mayor of Thessaloniki, a position he held until 1933. He also founded and edited the French language newspaper, Pro-Yisrael. In 1934 he made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine. A member of the Revisionist Zionist central committee, he was elected to the first Knesset in 1949 on the Herut list, but lost his seat in the 1951 elections. He died on 3 March 1980.[1]


References

  1. Katzenelson, K (1964) The Ashkenazi Revolution, Anakh Publishing, p297

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