# David Amar
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{{Short description|Moroccan businessman}}
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| name = David Amar
| image = David Amar with Limor Livnat & Yuval Steinitz.JPG
| caption = David Amar (left) with [Limor Livnat](/source/Limor_Livnat) (center) & [Yuval Steinitz](/source/Yuval_Steinitz) (right)
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| birth_date = 1920
| birth_place = [Settat](/source/Settat), Morocco
| death_date = {{death year and age|2000|1920}}
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| occupation = Businessman
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| known_for = [David Amar Worldwide North Africa Jewish Heritage Center](/source/North_Africa_Jewish_Heritage_Center)
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| children = 3
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| relatives = [Raphael Edery](/source/Rafael_Edri) (son-in-law)
[Paul J. Fribourg](/source/Paul_J._Fribourg) (son-in-law)
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'''David Amar''' (1920–2000) was a Moroccan businessman, leader of the Moroccan Jewish community, politician, and philanthropist.
==Early life==
David Amar was born in [Settat](/source/Settat), Morocco.[{{cite web|last1=Hatimi|first1=Mohammed|title=Amar, David|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-jews-in-the-islamic-world/amar-david-SIM_0001820|website=Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World|access-date=13 June 2017}}]
==Business career==
Amar was the head of [Omnium Nord-Africain](/source/Omnium_Nord-Africain), Morocco's largest conglomerate, until he resigned in January 1986, and was replaced by King Hassan's son-in-law [Fouad Felalli](/source/Fouad_Felalli). The circumstances of this were unclear and may have been due to retirement, or to a loss of influence, and Amar sold all of his shares in the company.[{{cite news|author=JUDITH MILLER, Special to the New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/31/world/moroccan-jews-talk-of-the-king-s-fate-and-theirs.html |title=Moroccan Jews Talk Of The King'S Fate, And Theirs |location=Morocco; Middle East; Israel, State Of |work=NYTimes.com |date=31 July 1986 |access-date=13 June 2017}}]
==Political career==
Amar was president of the Jewish community in [Kenitra](/source/Kenitra), which was where he started his business career.[{{cite book|author=C. R. Pennell|title=Morocco Since 1830: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9Mu0faODjsC&pg=PA344|access-date=13 June 2017|year=2000|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|isbn=978-1-85065-273-1|page=344}}]
For 26 years, from 1965 to 1986 (at least), Amar was president of the [Council of Moroccan Jewish Communities](/source/Council_of_Moroccan_Jewish_Communities).[{{cite web|last=Bennyesterday |first=Aluf |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/frenchman-to-buy-stake-in-israel-salt-1.127861 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120004445/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/frenchman-to-buy-stake-in-israel-salt-1.127861 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 November 2010 |title=Frenchman to buy stake in Israel Salt - Haaretz - Israel News |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=8 July 2004 |access-date=13 June 2017}}] He was also president of the [World Assembly of Moroccan Jewry](/source/World_Assembly_of_Moroccan_Jewry).[{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1965/04/22/archive/two-members-of-moroccan-cabinet-attend-jewish-wedding-in-casablanca |title=Two Members of Moroccan Cabinet Attend Jewish Wedding in Casablanca | Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date=22 April 1965 |access-date=13 June 2017}}]
At the time of the [1971 coup attempt](/source/1971_Moroccan_coup_attempt), Amar briefly fled abroad due to his closeness to [King Hassan II](/source/Hassan_II_of_Morocco).[{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1984/07/18/archive/hassan-honors-moroccan-jewish-leader |title=Hassan Honors Moroccan Jewish Leader | Jewish Telegraphic Agency |publisher=Jta.org |date=18 July 1984 |access-date=13 June 2017}}]
==Philanthropy==
He funded the restoration of the [North Africa Jewish Heritage Center](/source/North_Africa_Jewish_Heritage_Center) in Jerusalem, which was named the David Amar Worldwide North Africa Jewish Heritage Center in his honour.[{{cite web|last=Bennyesterday |first=Aluf |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/a-touch-of-morocco-in-the-heart-of-jerusalem-1.366698 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610174234/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/a-touch-of-morocco-in-the-heart-of-jerusalem-1.366698 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2011 |title=A touch of Morocco in the heart of Jerusalem - Haaretz - Israel News |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=9 June 2011 |access-date=13 June 2017}}]
==Personal life==
In 1965, his daughter Annie-Claude Amar (died 6 August 1993)[{{cite web|url=https://www.dansnoscoeurs.fr/annie-claude-amar-edery/1119645/avis |title=Avis de décès - Annie-Claude AMAR EDERY - Avis obsèques - Paris (75) - Dans nos coeurs |publisher=Dansnoscoeurs.fr |access-date=13 June 2017}}]