Shlomo Eliahu

Shlomo Eliahu (Hebrew: שלמה אליהו, born 18 January 1936) is an Israeli businessman, billionaire,[1] and former politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1978 and 1981.

He was exempted from national service in the IDF as he had suffered from polio, and in 1955 started an independent insurance company in the Shapira neighbourhood of Tel Aviv.

In 1977 he joined the new Democratic Movement for Change (Dash) party, and won a place on its Knesset list.

Although he failed to win a seat in the 1977 elections, he entered the Knesset on 15 February 1978 as a replacement for Meir Zorea.

On 8 July 1980 Eliahu and Shafik Assad left the Democratic Movement to establish Ahva.