Faras Hamdan

Faras Hamdan (Arabic: فارس حمدان, Hebrew: פארס חמדאן; 1910 – 29 November 1966) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Agriculture and Development party between 1951 and 1959.

In 1944, he was elected head of local council of his village, where he later established a citrus confectionery factory.

[1] In 1951, he was elected to the Knesset as head of the Agriculture and Development list, which was associated with the ruling Mapai party.

The party joined David Ben-Gurion's government, but Hamdan did not receive a ministerial portfolio.

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