Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Born in Gabès in Tunisia, Tiar joined Betar at the age of 13, and by 1942 was head of the Gabès branch. In 1946 he became general secretary of the Tunisian Betar movement, as well as being deputy chairman of Revisionist Party in the country. He made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine on the South.S. Ben Hecht ship in 1947, but was intercepted by the British, and sent to an internment camp in Cyprus.
In 1948, Tiar was amongst the founders of Herut.
He was elected to the Knesset on the party"s list in 1961, and in the same year became secretary of the party"s Haifa branch. Between 1963 and 1966 he was chairman of the party"s youth leadership.
After being re-elected in 1965 on the Gahal list (an alliance of Herut and the Liberal Party), Tiar was amongst the three Gahal members to break away from the party and establish the Free Centre in March 1967, before losing his seat in the 1969 elections. He later left the Free Centre and returned to Herut in 1977.
Between 1979 and 1982 he worked in Europe as the head emissary of the Jewish Agency.
He also studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was certified as a lawyer
In 1956, he became a member of its central committee.