Background
Abdulwahab Darawshe was born on 12 October 1943 in Iksal, Mandatory Palestine.
Abdulwahab Darawshe was born on 12 October 1943 in Iksal, Mandatory Palestine.
He studied at Nazareth High School, before graduating from the University of Haifa with a degree in education and history.
Darawshe was first elected to the Knesset on the Alignment"s list in 1984. On 15 February 1988, he left the alliance to found his own single member faction, which was named the Arab Democratic Party on 7 March. He retained his seat again in the 1992 elections, after which the party gained a seat.
During his third term in the Knesset, Darawshe chaired the cubcommittee for Arab Education and the subcommittee for the Advancement of the Status of Arab Women.
Foreign the 1996 elections, Darawshe"s party ran a joint list with the United Arab List, winning four seats, with Darawshe chairing the alliance"s parliamentary group. He lost his seat in the 1999 elections.
Foreign the 2009 elections, he was placed 119th on the United Arab List-Ta"al list.
He worked as a teacher and headmaster, also serving as a national supervisor for the Ministry of Education, a member of the board of the Teachers" Union"s central committee, a member of the Education Institute for Jewish-Arab Coexistence"s board, and chairman of the Arab Association for Education and Grants in Nazareth.