Background
Hausner, Gideon Maks was born on September 26, 1915 in Lwow, Poland.
Hausner, Gideon Maks was born on September 26, 1915 in Lwow, Poland.
Advocate, Hebrew College, Tel Aviv, 1933. Student, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1941. Graduate government law classes, Jerusalem, 1943.
Private practice law, Jerusalem, 1943-1947, 49-60;
private practice law, Jerusalem, 1963;
attorney general, Israel, 1960-1963;
chief prosecutor in Eichmann trial, 1961-1962;
lecturer, Hebrew U., 1956-1960;
cabinet minister, Government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israel. Member Center Committee Bar Association and Law Council, 1954-1960. Delegate Zionist Congress, 1954, 56, 64.
Member Israeli Parliament, since 1965. Chairman Parliamentary group Indiana Liberal Party Israel, 1968-1990. Chairman Yad Vashem, National Authority to Commemorate Victims World World War II, 1969-1991.
Member Jewish defense organization Hapana, 1932-1948. With Israeli Army, 1947-1949. Member Political Science Association, Israel Association for Human Rights {chairman}, B'nai B'rith, Rotary.
Son of Bernard and Ema {Lande} H. Married Yehudith Liphshitz, December 19, 1944. Children: Tamar, Amos-Dov.