Ya'akov Mizrahi

Career

Mizrachi was born in Rehovot in 1919 to a family who had made aliyah from Yemen. He died in 1979.

Achievements

• He was on the Agudat Yisrael list for the 1969 elections, and although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 27 November 1972 as a replacement for Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross, who had resigned his seat as part of a rotation agreement.

Membership

He was a member of Internal Affairs Committee until losing his seat in the 1973 elections. One son, David, died during the Yom Kippur War, whilst the other Eliezer, also became a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael.