# Yehuda Hashai

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{{Short description|Israeli politician (born 1934)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = HashayYehuda.png
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|1|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = [Ad Dali'](/source/Ad_Dali'), [Yemen](/source/Yemen)
|office1 = Faction represented in the [Knesset](/source/Knesset)
|suboffice1 = [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party))
|subterm1 = 1980–1984
}}

'''Yehuda Hashai''' ({{langx|he|יהודה חשאי}}; born 3 January 1934) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the [Knesset](/source/Knesset) for the [Alignment](/source/Alignment_(political_party)) from 1980 until 1984.

==Biography==
Born in [Ad Dali'](/source/Ad_Dali') in what is today [Yemen](/source/Yemen) in 1934, Hashai [emigrated](/source/aliyah) to [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine) the same year. After attending high school he carried out his [national service](/source/national_service) in the [Paratroopers Brigade](/source/Paratroopers_Brigade). He later studied at [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University), where he earned an MA in philosophy and Middle East studies.

In 1961 he joined [Mapai](/source/Mapai), and became a member of the central committee of the [Labor Party](/source/Israeli_Labor_Party) when it was formed by a merger of Mapai, [Ahdut HaAvoda](/source/Ahdut_HaAvoda) and [Rafi](/source/Rafi_(political_party)) in 1968. He served as director of the Yemenite Immigrants department and the Municipalities department.<ref name=K>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=425 Yehuda Hashai: Public Activities]</ref> He was on the Alignment list (an alliance of Labor and [Mapam](/source/Mapam)) for the [1977 elections](/source/1977_Israeli_legislative_election). Although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 29 February 1980 as a replacement for the deceased [Yigal Allon](/source/Yigal_Allon). He retained his seat in the [1981 elections](/source/1981_Israeli_legislative_election), but lost it in the [1984 elections](/source/1984_Israeli_legislative_election). He also served as deputy chairman of the [Central Elections Committee](/source/Israeli_Central_Elections_Committee).<ref name=K/>

After retiring from public life, Hashai devoted himself to his hobby of photography, and chairs the Israeli Photographic Art Society.

His son [Niron](/source/Niron_Hashai) is a professor of strategy and international business at [Reichman University](/source/Reichman_University).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idc.ac.il/he/pages/faculty.aspx?username=nhashai|title=Prof. Niron Hashai in Reichman University website}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1934 births
Category:Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
Category:Yemeni emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Category:Jews from Mandatory Palestine
Category:Israeli soldiers
Category:Tel Aviv University alumni
Category:Living people
Category:Alignment (Israel) politicians
Category:Mapai politicians
Category:Israeli Labor Party politicians
Category:Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981)
Category:Members of the 10th Knesset (1981–1984)

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