Hanna Mwais

Hanna Mwais (Arabic: حنا مويس, Hebrew: חנא מוויס; 1913 – 13 February 1981) was an Israeli Arab politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash between 1977 and his death in 1981.

Born in Rameh during the Ottoman era, Mwais was educated at a high school in Acre and the Scottish School in Nazareth.

[2] He also served as chairman of the National Committee for Arab Local Governments for a time.

[2] Prior to the 1977 Knesset elections, he was placed fifth on the Hadash list,[3] and was elected to the Knesset as the party won five seats.

He died on 13 February 1981,[1] with his seat taken by Avraham Levenbraun.