Yoash Tzidon

Israeli politician

Yoash "Chatto" Tzidon, Hebrew: יואש צידון, (November 28, 1926 – July 8, 2015) was an Israeli former Air Force commander and politician.[1]

Yoash Tzidon
Date of birth(1926-11-28)28 November 1926
Place of birthFocşani, Romania
Year of aliyah1941
Date of death8 July 2015(2015-07-08) (aged 88)
Knessets12
Faction represented in Knesset
1988–1992Tzomet

He joined the Movement for Greater Israel, and later the Tzomet party. He was elected to the Knesset in 1988 on the Tzomet list, and was one of the instigators of the law that led to direct elections for the Prime Minister. He lost his seat in the 1992 elections.

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